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.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
52
Attend a 1-hour class to learn how to use the book "What to Do When Your Child Gets Sick."
The Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
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.
Time frame: within 1 week prior to class and 90 days post-class
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
Time frame: 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.
Time frame: within 1 week prior to class and 90 days post-class
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