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“You have to be Proactive with Your Child’s Health”: Learning and Health Literacy among Caregivers of Children with ADHD

Year: 2014

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: This paper uses focus group data to examine health literacy among 26 low-socioeconomic status, minority caregivers of school-age children with ADHD. To cope with their child’s ADHD symptoms or diagnosis, caregivers used observation, gathered information from multiple sources, and discerned how to obtain services within confusing system healthcare and education systems.

Source: New Prairie Press (Kansas State University)

Authors: Blaire Willson Toso, Esther Prins, Kimeka Campbell, Barbara A. Schaefer, Dawn P. Witherspoon, Susan S. Woodhouse

Language: English

Topic: Health Literacy and Information Accessibility

Subfield: General Health Professions

Field: Health Professions

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2594476597

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