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Journal of Emerging Trends in Educational Research and Policy Studies (JETERAPS) (Vol 1 No 1)
| Abstract: Low health literacy has been associated with poor communication between patients and health providers, but little is known about care-givers’ health literacy influences on paediatric patients’ health management. The study employed descriptive research design of the survey type. The population for the study was all the care-givers of paediatric patients and paediatricians in Ondo State Specialist Hospital, Akure, Nigeria, from which87 respondents, comprising 37 doctors and 50 care-givers were sampled using simple random sampling technique. The data required for the study were generated through questionnaire and analysed using Chi square statistics, mean distributions and standard deviation. The findings indicated that health literacy of care-givers of paediatric patients was below average and that it influenced paediatric patients’ health management. Based on these findings, it is recommended, among other things, that paediatricians should actively consider how they can ensure that the core concepts of family-centred care are incorporated into all aspects of their professional practice and that the care-givers should be offered support before, during, and after medical procedure to increase their knowledge about their child's health literacy. |
| Keywords: Care-Givers, Literacy, Paediatric Patient, Health Management, Specialist Hospitals |
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