Child Health Disparities and Health Literacy in Children (posted 11/9)

The Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University reports that the November 2009 supplement to Pediatrics examines health-disparity and health-literacy issues, problems, and opportunities specific to children and children's health. The supplement, published by the American Academy of Pediatrics, contains commissioned articles that were presented at two conferences held in November 2008 to increase the attention given to health disparities and health literacy in children.  Contents include nine articles and discussant comments on conceptualizing child health disparities and approaches to solving them.  Recommendations for research on child health disparities and the infrastructure (funding and training) to support it are also addressed.  The supplement also includes a systematic review of the literature on the relationship between health literacy and child health outcomes and recommendations for action.  Additional topics include literacy and learning, the importance of encouraging and enabling health literacy among children and adolescents, parents' health literacy, pediatricians' health literacy and communication skills, the relationship of pediatric health literacy to child health promotion and prevention and targets for interventions, and the relationship between health literacy and quality of care, with particular reference to children with chronic illnesses and patient safety.  To download the introductory article on child health disparities and health literacy click here.  To read the supplement extracts and abstarcts click here.

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