| Literature DB >> 26563948 |
Clara M Lajonchere1,2, Barbara Y Wheeler3,4, Thomas W Valente5, Cary Kreutzer6,7,8, Aron Munson5,9, Shrikanth Narayanan1, Abe Kazemzadeh1,10, Roxana Cruz6,11,12, Irene Martinez11,13, Sheree M Schrager14, Lisa Schweitzer15, Tara Chklovski16, Darryl Hwang1,16,17.
Abstract
Low income Hispanic families experience multiple barriers to accessing evidence-based information on Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). This study utilized a mixed-strategy intervention to create access to information in published bio-medical research articles on ASD by distilling the content into parent-friendly English- and Spanish-language ASD Science Briefs and presenting them to participants using two socially-oriented dissemination methods. There was a main effect for short-term knowledge gains associated with the Science Briefs but no effect for the dissemination method. After 5 months, participants reported utilizing the information learned and 90% wanted to read more Science Briefs. These preliminary findings highlight the potential benefits of distilling biomedical research articles on ASD into parent-friendly educational products for currently underserved Hispanic parents.Entities:
Keywords: Biomedical research on Autism; Health literacy; Hispanic/Latino; Racial disparities
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Year: 2016 PMID： 26563948 PMCID： PMC5030774 DOI： 10.1007/s10803-015-2649-5
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Autism Dev Disord ISSN： 0162-3257