title: [A new questionnaire for the assessment of parental health literacy].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Parental health literacy is an important factor of pediatric health. Although it is thorougly studied in other countries, neither proper definition, nor adequate tool for its measurement exists in Hungarian.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this work was to define the dimensions of parental health literacy and to introduce a questionnaire for its measurement.
  
  
  METHODS
  Opinions of parents, pediatric nurses and pediatricians on parental health literacy were used to establish the definition and basic components. Based on these and previously standardized tests a new questionnaire was developed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Four dimensions of parental health literacy were formulated such as knowledge, functional literacy, self-confidence and motivation. The new questionnaire assesses all four dimension through eight topics.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This is the first culturally adapted definition and test of parental health literacy in Hungarian. With its application the efficacy of both primary care services and health education may be improved and the correlation between parental health literacy and pediatric health may be properly studied.
authors.affiliation: II. Gyermekgyógyászati Klinika, Semmelweis Egyetem, Általános Orvostudományi Kar Budapest, Tűzoltó u. 7-9., 1094.
authors.forename: Zsófia
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Gács
authors.affiliation: Gyermek háziorvosi rendelő Budapest.
authors.forename: Katalin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Berend
authors.affiliation: Szociológiai Intézet, Magyar Tudományos Akadémia, Társadalomtudományi Kutatóközpont Budapest.|Társadalomtudományi Kar, Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem Budapest.
authors.forename: Gábor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Csanádi
authors.affiliation: Szociológiai Intézet, Magyar Tudományos Akadémia, Társadalomtudományi Kutatóközpont Budapest.|Társadalomtudományi Kar, Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem Budapest.
authors.forename: Adrienne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Csizmady
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D058633:Antipyretics; D001942:Breast Feeding; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D057220:Health Literacy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009819:Office Visits; D009910:Oral Hygiene; D010290:Parents; D057566:Self Report; D014611:Vaccination; D014815:Vitamins
chemical_list: D058633:Antipyretics; D014815:Vitamins
keywords: alapellátás; demographic analyses; demográfiai elemzés; egészségnevelés; health education; kérdőív; parental health literacy; primary health care; questionnaire; szülői egészségműveltség