Eileen Fry-Bowers|Sally L. Maliski|Mary Ann Lewis|Aurelia Macabasco?O’Connell|Robin DiMatteo
The Association of Health Literacy, Social Support, Self-Efficacy and Interpersonal Interactions With Health Care Providers in Low-Income Latina Mothers
Children's Hospital of Orange County|Azusa Pacific University|University of California, Riverside
h2objectiveh2 explored relationships maternal health literacy hl communicative selfefficacy se social support ss maternal perception interactions health care providers hcps bmethodsb using crosssectional correlational design assessed sociodemographic characteristics maternal hl social support communicative selfefficacy interpersonal interactions hcps among 124 lowincome latina mothers young children bresultsb informal ss significantly predicted maternal se interactions se predicted maternal perception hcps ability elicit respond concerns bdiscussionb interventions improve maternal selfefficacy interacting hcps among low health literate latina mothers may positively impact pediatric health outcomes