A national cross-sectional survey of health literacy of caregivers attending Canadian pediatric emergency departments
With over 1/4 caregivers facing health literacy challenges, health care providers in emergency departments must be cognizant of their communication and education approach when caring for families and providing at-home care guidance. Clinicians should consider applying health literacy principles to all family encounters to help address healthcare disparities.
Authors
- Kurt Schreiner
- Naveen Poonai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1540-0413)
- Julie Leung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8939-4824)
- Antonia Stang
- Tyrus Crawford
- Samina Ali (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0595-364X)
- Janet Curran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9977-0467)
- Andrea K. Morrison (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6872-385X)
- Maryna Yaskina (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7104-0785)
- Tania Principi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8684-2759)
- Darcy Beer
- Keon Ma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9469-475X)
- Manasi Rajagopal
- Serge Gouin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5038-9099)
- Shannon D. Scott (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2251-3742)
- Paul Clerc
- Laura Weingarten
Institutions
- Western University (CA)
- Dalhousie University (CA)
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- University of Ottawa (CA)
- University of Alberta (CA)
- University of Calgary (CA)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine (CA)
- Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (CA)
- New England Disabled Sports (US)
- Women and Children’s Health Research Institute (CA)
- BC Children's Hospital (CA)
- University of Manitoba (CA)
- McMaster University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2024-12-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0314826
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.85
Funders
- Alberta Health Services
- University of Ottawa
- Children's Health Research Institute
- McMaster University
- Women and Children's Health Research Institute
- Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation
- Children's Hospital Foundation
- University of Alberta
- Dalhousie University
- University of Toronto