A Parent-Focused Intervention to Increase Parent Health Literacy and Healthy Lifestyle Choices for Young Children and Families.

A Parent-Focused Intervention to Increase Parent Health Literacy and Healthy Lifestyle Choices for Young Children and Families.

Health literacy affects caregivers' ability to engage in preventive health care behaviors for themselves and their children. Studies suggest that health literacy among low income families needs improvement, and this possibly contributes to disparities in preventive health care rates. Additional...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fleary, Sasha
Other Authors: McKyer, E. Lisako J.
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: 2012
Subjects:
health literacy
underserved populations
children
obesity
healthy lifestyle choices
preventive health
sleep
diet/nutrition
physical activity
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2012-05-10911

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http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2012-05-10911

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