H. Shonna Yin|Lee Sanders|Russell L. Rothman|Alan L. Mendelsohn|Benard P. Dreyer|Ralph K. White|Joanne Finkle|Stefania Prendes|Eliana M. Perrin
Assessment of Health Literacy and Numeracy Among Spanish-Speaking Parents of Young Children: Validation of the Spanish Parental Health Literacy Activities Test (PHLAT Spanish)
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h2abstracth2h3objectiveh3 assess health literacy numeracy skills spanishspeaking parents young children validate new spanish language health literacy assessment parents spanish parental health literacy activities test phlat spanish h3methodsh3 crosssectional study spanishspeaking caregivers young children 30 months enrolled primary care clinics 4 academic medical centers caregivers administered 10item phlat addition validated tests health literacy stofhla numeracy wrat3 arithmetic psychometric analysis used examine item characteristics phlat10 spanish assess correlation sociodemographics performance literacynumeracy assessments generate shorter 8item scale phlat8 h3resultsh3 176 caregivers 77 adequate health literacy stofhla whereas 06 9th grade greater numeracy skills mean phlat10 score 416 sd 211 fewer onehalf 455 able read liquid antibiotic prescription label demonstrate much medication administer within oral syringe less onethird 318 able interpret food label determine whether met wic special supplemental nutrition program women infants children guidelines greater phlat10 score associated greater years education r 049 stofhla r 053 wrat3 r 055 scores ipi 001 internal reliability good kuderrichardson coefficient reliability kr20 061 8item scale highly correlated full 10item scale r 097 ipi 001 comparable internal reliability kr20 064 h3conclusionsh3 many spanishspeaking parents difficulty performing healthrelated literacy numeracy tasks spanish phlat demonstrates good psychometric characteristics may useful identifying parents would benefit receiving lowliteracy child health information