Global Health Literacy Summit 2021
03 - 05 October 2021
Virtual

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Abstract

Title
Pathways linking parental health literacy with health behaviours directed at the child: a scoping review
Type
Oral Presentation Only
Theme
Global Health Literacy Summit 2021
Topic
Research and new measures for health literacy

Authors

Main Author
Maja Pawellek1
Presenting Author
Maja Pawellek1
Co-Author
Felicitas Maria Kopf1
Nina Egger2
Carolin Dresch3
Uwe Matterne4
Susanne Brandstetter1

Authors' Institution

Department / Institution / Country
Klinik St. Hedwig / University Children’s Hospital Regensburg (KUNO), University of Regensburg / Germany (Deutschland)1
Department of Public Health and Health Education / Freiburg University of Education / Germany (Deutschland)2
Department of Research Methods / Freiburg University of Education / Germany (Deutschland)3
Institute of Social Medicine and Health Systems Research, Medical Faculty / Otto von Guericke University / Germany (Deutschland)4
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Background: Health literacy (HL) is thought to be crucial for the management of the manifold demands relating to child health which parents are faced with. Albeit many studies investigated parental HL and health behaviours (HBs) directed at the child, knowledge about the pathways which link parental HL with HB is scarce. The aim of this scoping review was to identify and comprehensively describe the variety of pathways linking parental HL with HBs directed at the child which were empirically analysed in previous studies.

Methods: Following established scoping review methods database searches were conducted in MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO and WebofScience on 5th March 2020. Eligibility criteria included primary, empirical studies assessing parental HL and HB directed at the child in the general parent population. Titles and abstracts were screened independently by six reviewers for potentially relevant publications and data was extracted using standardized data extraction forms.

Results: The search identified 6916 articles for title and abstract screening. After full text review, 50 studies were included in this review. Most studies (N = 24) assumed a direct association between HL and HBs and only few studies (N = 4) used more complex models investigating different pathways or mediation and/or moderation models.

Discussion and conclusion: Overall, the evidence on the underlying pathways linking parental HL and HBs directed at the child is mixed and fairly limited. More research on how parental HL is linked with HBs is needed for advancing both the research on HL and public health practice.
Keywords: scoping review; health literacy; health behaviours; pathways
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