Impact of a Simplified, Visual Educational Intervention on Caregiver Understanding of Pediatric Atopic Dermatitis: A Clinic‐Based Randomized Study
ABSTRACT Atopic dermatitis (AD), a widespread and chronic disease, has educational resources that exceed readability guidelines and lack visual reinforcement, disproportionately impacting families with low health literacy. We conducted a pilot study to determine whether a simplified, visually enhanced handout would improve understanding of AD care compared with a conventional, text‐dominant handout and a no‐handout control with 47 caregivers assigned to one of the three groups. Participants provided with a visual handout had the highest average score improvement, significantly greater than both control participants and those provided a conventional handout. These findings illustrate the benefit of using simplified, visual educational materials in improving pediatric AD caregiver understanding and reducing disparities in dermatological care.
Authors
- Joy Wan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0189-0442)
- Patrick McMahon
- Jacob Chacko
- Teja Buddhavarapu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-9602-0818)
Institutions
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- SUNY Upstate Medical University (US)
- Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pediatric Dermatology
- Published
- 2026-10-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/pde.70322
- Primary Topic
- Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00