Ankita R Shah, Rahul M Jindal, Malavika A Subramanyam
Effectiveness of Health Promotion Curriculum in Enhancing Non-communicable Diseases Health Literacy in Indian Youth
Cureus
parental health literacy may explain relationship parental socioeconomic status ses paediatric metabolic syndrome mets reason assessed extent parental health literacy mediates relationships parental ses paediatric mets used data prospective multigenerational dutch lifelines cohort study sample consisted 6683 children average followup 362 months sd 93 mean baseline age 128 years sd 26 used natural effects models assess natural direct natural indirect total effects parental ses mets average additional 4 years parental education eg university instead secondary school would lead continuous mets cmets scores 0499 95 confidence interval ci 03640635 units lower small effect 018 parental income occupational level 1 sd higher average cmets scores 0136 95 ci 00520219 0196 95 ci 01080284 units lower respectively small effects 005 007 respectively parental health literacy partially mediated pathways accounted 67 education 118 income 83 occupation total effect parental ses paediatric mets socioeconomic differences paediatric mets relatively small largest parental education improving parental health literacy may reduce inequalities research needed mediating role parental health literacy socioeconomic health inequalities children