Jamie Zoellner|Jennie L. Hill|Wen You|Donna J. Brock|Madlyn I. Frisard|Ramine Alexander|Fabiana Silva|Bryan Price|Ruby Marshall|Paul A. Estabrooks
The Influence of Parental Health Literacy Status on Reach, Attendance, Retention, and Outcomes in a Family-Based Childhood Obesity Treatment Program, Virginia, 2013–2015
University of Virginia|University of Nebraska Medical Center|Virginia Tech|University of Virginia|Virginia Tech|University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|University of Nebraska Medical Center|University of Virginia|Danville Community College|University of Nebraska Medical Center
interventions evaluated influence parent health literacy hl status weightrelated child outcomes study explores parent hl affects reach attendance retention outcomes 3month multicomponent familybased program treat childhood obesity ichoosethis prepost quasiexperimental trial occurred dan river region federally designated medically underserved area ichoose research protocol intervention strategies designed using hl universal precautions approach used validated measures standardized data collection techniques generalized linear mixedeffect parametric models determine moderation effect parent hl outcomesno significant difference hl scores found parents enrolled child study 94 enrolled parents 34 low hl 49 annual household income less 25000 39 high school education less 101 enrolled children 60 black mean age 98 standard deviation 13 years children parents low high hl attended retained similar rates likewise parent hl status significantly influence improvements effectiveness outcomes eg child body mass index bmi z scores parent bmi diet physical activity behaviors quality life exception child video gamecomputer screen time low hl decreased high hl increased screen time coefficient 052 standard error 011 p 001by incorporating design features attended hl needs parents children parents low hl engaged benefited familybased childhood obesity treatment program similar children parents high hl