Assessing the Effectiveness of a Health Literacy Intervention in the Workplace

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a health literacy/motivational intervention in a workplace setting. Parents will be taught how to use a child health book to lessen inappropriate use of physician services and improve parent confidence in their ability to identify and obtain necessary assistance when their children are ill.

Official Title
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Assessing the Effectiveness of a Health Literacy Intervention in the Workplace: A Quasi-experimental Pre-post Randomized Controlled Study

Conditions
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Health Literacy

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Motivational/health literacy education (Test group)


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: currently employed at the Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, MO or KS, or working under contract parent/legally authorized representative/primary care giver taking care of a child birth to 12 years old Exclusion Criteria: non-English speaking and reading under 18 years old unless a minor parent a medical or nursing degree (MD, DO, Physician's Assistant, Nurse Practitioner, RN or LPN)

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| No Intervention: Control Group<br> | |
| Experimental: motivational/ health literacy education<br> | Behavioral: Motivational/health literacy education (Test group)<br>* Attend a 1-hour class to learn how to use the book What to Do When Your Child Gets Sick.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| number of non emergency room clinician visits | Determine if parents/primary caregivers' attendance at a class to learn how to use a child health book leads to fewer non-emergency room clinician visits for their children. | within 1 week prior to class and 90 days post-class | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| number of emergency department visits | To determine if parents/primary caregivers attending a class to learn how to use a child health book leads to fewer emergency department visits | within 1 week prior to class and 90 days post-class | 
| pre and post intervention measures of self-identified competency. | To assess feelings of parents/primary caregiver competence in appropriately managing their children's illnesses using pre and post intervention measures of self-identified competency. | within 1 week prior to class and 90 days post-class | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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health literacy, consumer health information, patient education as topics/methods, patient participation