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Celebrating the health literacy skills and capabilities of parents in Stoke-on-Trent: A Photovoice Study

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Parents play a vital role in promoting children’s health. The parental health literacy skills are important since the decisions they make can have an impact on other family members’ health and well-being. Using an assets-based approach, this project aimed to explore the skills parents use to communicate health messages with their children and how they manage their family’s health. Six adult parents of children aged 0–16?years old took part in this photovoice study. The thematic analysis suggests that tapping into the creativity of parents through the gamification of health messages and encouraging children’s independence are effective ways to promote healthy behaviors. Trusting their instincts and developing good relationships with healthcare providers were also seen as important. However, there is still a need to improve confidence and skills, particularly on how to critically appraise information, especially in this digital age where sources of information are vast and conflicting messages could arise.

Acceptance Date Feb 13, 2018
Publication Date Mar 14, 2018
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Journal of Health Psychology
Print ISSN 1359-1053
Publisher SAGE Publications
DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105318763494
Keywords health literacy, assets-based approach, photovoice, parents
Publisher URL https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105318763494

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