Michelle L. Macy|Matthew M. Davis|Sarah J. Clark|Rachel Stanley
Parental Health Literacy and Asthma Education Delivery During a Visit to a Community-Based Pediatric Emergency Department
objective objective study compare change asthma knowledge among parents low adequate health literacy video written asthma education delivered childs asthmarelated emergency department ed visit methods recruited convenience sample parents presenting ed asthmatic child 2 14 years old parents randomized receive video intervention written activecontrol asthma education materials health literacy levels determined using rapid estimate adult literacy medicine tool asthma knowledge evaluated enrollment 6week telephone followup differences knowledge scores analyzed using wilcoxon signed rank tests 2 tests used comparisons categorical variables results 150 eligible parents 129 participated 86 117 eligible followup telephone followup completed 86 parents 74 health literacy levels low 31 parents high asthma knowledge scores enrollment achieved 33 lowliteracy 59 adequatehealthliteracy parents p 0025 improvement knowledge realized lowliteracy parents regardless type education p 0001 parents adequate health literacy showed increased knowledge scores viewing video conclusions asthma education materials distributed time ed visit increase parental knowledge disease videobased asthma education appears promising tool increasing asthma knowledge low adequatehealthliteracy parents