Abstract
<h3>Context:</h3> Almost all parents search web-based information for their children. This study focuses on parents with low socioeconomic status (SES), a correlate of health literacy (determinants of child education/health); specifically, their experience of seeking information on the Naître et Grandir (N&G) website (trustworthy information on child development, education and health in clear language). <h3>Objectives:</h3> To measure the influence of a health literacy intervention on (a) the frequency of the utilization of a questionnaire to understand the perceived outcomes of N&G information, and (b) parents’ expected benefits of this information. <h3>Study Design and Analysis:</h3> A 4-year prospective time series. Statistical analyses were descriptive and inferential. <h3>Setting:</h3> For each N&G webpage, parents are invited to complete a questionnaire (Information Assessment Method, IAM) to report their intention to use and expected benefits of the webpage information. <h3>Population studied:</h3> Quebec parents of 0-8-year-old children who completed at least one IAM questionnaire. <h3>Intervention:</h3> An improved version of the IAM, the IAM+ was developed with low SES parents and implemented in January 2019. <h3>Main outcome measures:</h3> IAM data were collected in the pre-intervention (2017-2018) and the post-intervention (2019-2020) periods. <h3>Results:</h3> Participants completed 10,362 IAM questionnaires. The proportion of responses and reported benefits from low SES participants increased post-intervention. Low SES participants and particularly low SES fathers expected greater benefits from the accessed web information compared to other participants and mothers. <h3>Conclusions:</h3> Results suggest (a) family physicians recommend trustworthy easy-to-read information resources to all patients when needed, including patients with a low literacy level; (b) web content that incorporates international health literacy standards is associated with greater expected benefits among low SES parents; (c) increasing father awareness and father-inclusive content can lead to greater expected benefits; and (d) the IAM questionnaire that is accessible on all devices, including smartphones, can help low SES parents provide feedback to web editors regarding the outcomes of their content.
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