Sociodemographic factors associated with health literacy in a large sample of mothers of newborn children: Cross-sectional findings from the KUNO-Kids birth cohort study.

Autor/inn/en	Brandstetter, Susanne; Atzendorf, Josefine; Seelbach-Göbel, Birgit; Melter, Michael; Kabesch, Michael; Apfelbacher, Christian
Titel	Sociodemographic factors associated with health literacy in a large sample of mothers of newborn children: Cross-sectional findings from the KUNO-Kids birth cohort study. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Soziodemographische Faktoren in Verbindung mit der Gesundheitskompetenz einer großen Stichprobe von Müttern von Neugeborenen: Querschnittsergebnisse aus der Geburtskohortenstudie KUNO-Kids.
Quelle	In: European journal of pediatrics, 179 (2019) 1, S. 165-169 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0340-6199; 1432-1076
DOI	10.1007/s00431-019-03483-9
Schlagwörter	Bildung; Erziehung; Mutter; Eltern; Geburt; Gesundheit; Informationskompetenz
Abstract	Health literacy is an important public health goal and of particular relevance when people are starting a family. Health literacy is thought to be crucial for the management of the manifold demands relating to child health which are imposed on parents. The aim of this study was to investigate health literacy in a large sample of mothers of newborn children in Germany. Sociodemographic factors and health literacy (as assessed by the HLS-EU health care scale) were analyzed using data from 2403 mothers of newborns who take part in an ongoing birth cohort study (KUNO-Kids health study). Almost 40% of mothers had a limited health literacy level. Being primiparous was significantly associated with lower health literacy, while having a high level of education compared with a medium level of education was significantly associated with higher health literacy. Conclusion: The finding of a substantial amount of mothers experiencing problems in dealing with and navigating through the healthcare system is important for the design of pediatric health services. (c) Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2019. (ZPID).
Erfasst von	Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie, Trier
Update	2025/3