RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Low SES Parents Report More Benefits of Trustworthy Easy-to-read Web-Based Parenting Information: A 4-Year Time Series
JF The Annals of Family Medicine
JO Ann Fam Med
FD American Academy of Family Physicians
SP 3628
DO 10.1370/afm.21.s1.3628
VO 21
IS Supplement 1
A1 Pluye, Pierre
A1 Tskhay, Albina
A1 Grad, Roland
A1 Barwick, Melanie
A1 Doray, Genevieve
A1 Bartlett-Esquilant, Gillian
A1 Loignon, Christine
A1 Reyes, Araceli Gonzalez
A1 Sherif, Reem El
YR 2023
UL http://www.annfammed.org/content/21/Supplement_1/3628.abstract
AB Context: Almost all parents search web-based information for their children. This study focuses on parents with low socioeconomic status (SES), a correlate of health literacy (determinants of child education/health); specifically, their experience of seeking information on the Naître et Grandir (N&G) website (trustworthy information on child development, education and health in clear language).Objectives: To measure the influence of a health literacy intervention on (a) the frequency of the utilization of a questionnaire to understand the perceived outcomes of N&G information, and (b) parents’ expected benefits of this information.Study Design and Analysis: A 4-year prospective time series. Statistical analyses were descriptive and inferential.Setting: For each N&G webpage, parents are invited to complete a questionnaire (Information Assessment Method, IAM) to report their intention to use and expected benefits of the webpage information.Population studied: Quebec parents of 0-8-year-old children who completed at least one IAM questionnaire.Intervention: An improved version of the IAM, the IAM+ was developed with low SES parents and implemented in January 2019.Main outcome measures: IAM data were collected in the pre-intervention (2017-2018) and the post-intervention (2019-2020) periods.Results: Participants completed 10,362 IAM questionnaires. The proportion of responses and reported benefits from low SES participants increased post-intervention. Low SES participants and particularly low SES fathers expected greater benefits from the accessed web information compared to other participants and mothers.Conclusions: Results suggest (a) family physicians recommend trustworthy easy-to-read information resources to all patients when needed, including patients with a low literacy level; (b) web content that incorporates international health literacy standards is associated with greater expected benefits among low SES parents; (c) increasing father awareness and father-inclusive content can lead to greater expected benefits; and (d) the IAM questionnaire that is accessible on all devices, including smartphones, can help low SES parents provide feedback to web editors regarding the outcomes of their content.