Amy Mackley|Michael Winter|Úrsula Guillén|David A. Paul|Robert Locke
Health Literacy Among Parents of Newborn Infants
health literacy ability obtain process understand health information make knowledgeable health decisionsto determine baseline health literacy neonatal intensive care unit nicu parents tertiary care hospital periods crucial information exchangehealth literacy englishspeaking nicu parents assessed using newest vital sign nvs admission n 121 discharge n 59 quasicontrol group wellbaby nursery wbn parents n 24 prenatal obstetric clinic pre parents n 18 included single likertstyle question measured nurses assessment parental comprehension discharge teaching suspected limited health literacy slhl defined nvs score 3 lessfortythree percent parents nicu admission 32 nicu discharge slhl p 01 slhl wbn pre parents 25 58 respectively parental age gender location history healthcarerelated employment associated health literacy status time point thirtynine percent nicu parents 25 wbn parents slhl time admissioninfant birth college education nurse subjective measurement parental comprehension discharge instructions correlated objective measurement health literacy p 26slhl common peak time periods complex health discussion nicu wbn pre settings nicu providers may accurately gauge parents literacy statusmethods improving health communication needed studies evaluate slhl larger nicu population across different languages cultures