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.
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Recommended Citation
Toso, B. W.,
Prins, E.,
Campbell, K.,
Schaefer, B.,
Witherspoon, D.,
&
Woodhouse, S.
(2014).
“You have to be Proactive with Your Child’s Health”: Learning and Health Literacy among Caregivers of Children with ADHD.
Adult Education Research Conference.
https://newprairiepress.org/aerc/2014/papers/94
“You have to be Proactive with Your Child’s Health”: Learning and Health Literacy among Caregivers of Children with ADHD
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.
