Health Literacy
Conditions
Keywords
health literacy, consumer health information, patient education as topics/methods, patient participation
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a health literacy/motivational intervention in a workplace setting. Parents will be taught how to use a child health book to lessen inappropriate use of physician services and improve parent confidence in their ability to identify and obtain necessary assistance when their children are ill.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALMotivational/health literacy education (Test group)
Attend a 1-hour class to learn how to use the book What to Do When Your Child Gets Sick.
Sponsors
Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* currently employed at the Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, MO or KS, or working under contract * parent/legally authorized representative/primary care giver taking care of a child birth to 12 years old
Exclusion criteria
* non-English speaking and reading * under 18 years old unless a minor parent * a medical or nursing degree (MD, DO, Physician's Assistant, Nurse Practitioner, RN or LPN)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| number of non emergency room clinician visits | within 1 week prior to class and 90 days post-class | Determine if parents/primary caregivers' attendance at a class to learn how to use a child health book leads to fewer non-emergency room clinician visits for their children. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| number of emergency department visits | within 1 week prior to class and 90 days post-class | To determine if parents/primary caregivers attending a class to learn how to use a child health book leads to fewer emergency department visits |
| pre and post intervention measures of self-identified competency. | within 1 week prior to class and 90 days post-class | To assess feelings of parents/primary caregiver competence in appropriately managing their children's illnesses using pre and post intervention measures of self-identified competency. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed