"People play it down and tell me it can't kill people, but I know people are dying each day". Children's health literacy relating to a global pandemic (COVID-19); an international cross sectional study.
Australia
/ epidemiology
Brazil
/ epidemiology
COVID-19
/ mortality
Canada
/ epidemiology
Child
Child Health
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Health Literacy
/ statistics & numerical data
Humans
Male
Online Systems
Pandemics
/ statistics & numerical data
Spain
/ epidemiology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Sweden
/ epidemiology
United Kingdom
/ epidemiology
Journal
PloS one
ISSN: 1932-6203
Titre abrégé: PLoS One
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101285081
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2021
2021
Historique:
received:
26
06
2020
accepted:
19
01
2021
entrez:
10
2
2021
pubmed:
11
2
2021
medline:
18
2
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The aim of this study was to examine aspects of children's health literacy; the information sources they were accessing, their information preferences, their perceived understanding of and their reported information needs in relation to COVID-19. An online survey for children aged 7-12 years of age and parent/caregivers from the UK, Sweden, Brazil, Spain, Canada and Australia was conducted between 6th of April and the 1st of June 2020. The surveys included demographic questions and both closed and open questions focussing on access to and understanding of COVID-19 information. Descriptive statistics and qualitative content analysis procedures were conducted. The findings show that parents are the main source of information for children during the pandemic in most countries (89%, n = 347), except in Sweden where school was the main source of information. However, in many cases parents chose to shield, filter or adapt their child's access to information about COVID-19, especially in relation to the death rates within each country. Despite this, children in this study reported knowing that COVID-19 was deadly and spreads quickly. This paper argues for a community rather than individual approach to addressing children's health literacy needs during a pandemic.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33566813
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0246405
pii: PONE-D-20-19761
pmc: PMC7875343
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
e0246405Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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