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dc.contributor.authorEmmerton, Lynne
dc.contributor.authorChaw, Xin Yao
dc.contributor.authorKelly, F.
dc.contributor.authorKairuz, T.
dc.contributor.authorMarriott, J.
dc.contributor.authorWheeler, A.
dc.contributor.authorMoles, R.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T11:47:47Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T11:47:47Z
dc.date.created2014-12-11T07:08:43Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citationEmmerton, L. and Chaw, X. and Kelly, F. and Kairuz, T. and Marriott, J. and Wheeler, A. and Moles, R. 2014. Management of children’s fever by parents and caregivers: Practical measurement of functional health literacy. Journal of Child Health Care. 18 (4): pp. 302-313.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/15083
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/1367493513496663
dc.description.abstract

Functional health literacy is founded on general and numerical literacy and practical skills and is required for the appropriate and effective management of health symptoms in children. This study aimed to assess the health literacy skills of parents and caregivers of preschool-aged children, using a progressive scenario describing a child with fever and presenting tasks relating to selection of a medicine and hypothetical dosing of their child. Participants (n ¼ 417) from 33 childcare- and health-related sites in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Auckland completed the study. Participants’ responses were largely appropriate regarding actions in response to worsening symptoms, selection of an appropriate product (from a limited range), whereby 84.5% of responses were for a single-ingredient paracetamol product and use of the package directions to state the frequency of dosing (93.1% of frequencies appropriate for paracetamol and 66.7% for ibuprofen). However, in only 50.8% of cases was an appropriate weight-based dose calculated, and doses were not measured to within 10% of the stated dose in 16.7% of cases. Future studies should focus on skill development via educational campaigns for parents and caregivers.

dc.publisherSAGE Publications
dc.subjectmedication
dc.subjectdecision-making
dc.subjectchildhood illness
dc.subjectfever
dc.subjectCare
dc.titleManagement of children’s fever by parents and caregivers: practical measurement of functional health literacy
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume18
dcterms.source.number4
dcterms.source.startPage302
dcterms.source.endPage313
dcterms.source.issn1367-4935
dcterms.source.titleJournal of Child Health Care
curtin.departmentSchool of Pharmacy
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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