TY - JOUR
T1 - Postpartum Education and Health Literacy
T2 - New Moms’ Perspectives
AU - Wagner, Teresa
AU - Thompson, Erika L.
AU - Gadson, Amber
AU - Stark, Marie
AU - Bush, Kim
AU - Raines-Milenkov, Amy
N1 - Funding Information:
Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Institute On Minority Health And Health Disparities of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number U54MD006882. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. The authors would like to thank the Texas Center for Health Disparities for guidance in this research, UNTHSC Healthy Start Program and Tyler Family Circle of Care for referrals of postpartum moms using the approved protocol as well as the moms who participated to abate harm for future moms.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Globally, 830 women die daily from preventable postpartum issues. Little research exists on health literacy’s role in maternal morbidity and mortality. This study examined new moms’ perception of postpartum education in Texas using the Integrated Model of Health Literacy. Twenty-one postpartum women underwent semi-structured interviews. We assessed their ability to access, understand, appraise and apply information based on postnatal education. Participants identified gaps in consistency and usability including too much information, lack of time to read and lack of cultural sensitivity especially about postpartum depression (PPD). Findings suggested a need for standardized, concise, health literate and culturally sensitive postpartum education.
AB - Globally, 830 women die daily from preventable postpartum issues. Little research exists on health literacy’s role in maternal morbidity and mortality. This study examined new moms’ perception of postpartum education in Texas using the Integrated Model of Health Literacy. Twenty-one postpartum women underwent semi-structured interviews. We assessed their ability to access, understand, appraise and apply information based on postnatal education. Participants identified gaps in consistency and usability including too much information, lack of time to read and lack of cultural sensitivity especially about postpartum depression (PPD). Findings suggested a need for standardized, concise, health literate and culturally sensitive postpartum education.
KW - Health literacy
KW - health communication
KW - maternal mortality
KW - postpartum education
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85097392205&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/15398285.2020.1810964
DO - 10.1080/15398285.2020.1810964
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85097392205
SN - 1539-8285
VL - 24
SP - 346
EP - 359
JO - Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet
JF - Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet
IS - 4
ER -