Key result
Educational interventions incorporating health literacy improve ASCVD knowledge, health behaviors, and physiological risk factors in youth, especially with caregiver and community involvement.
Why the study?
Suboptimal health behaviors among youth may contribute to increasing global rates of ASCVD, making health literacy fundamental to primary and primordial prevention.
Do educational interventions incorporating health literacy improve health knowledge, behaviors, and objective cardiovascular measures in children and adolescents?
Do educational interventions incorporating health literacy improve health knowledge, behaviors, and objective cardiovascular measures in children and adolescents?
Health literacy-focused educational interventions, particularly those involving families and communities, are effective strategies for primordial and primary prevention of ASCVD in youth.
Supports health literacy education with caregiver involvement in youth; leaves open effects on long-term ASCVD events.
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Health literacy is fundamental to primary and primordial prevention of atherosclerotic vascular disease (ASCVD) in children and adolescents. Here we summarize essential components of interventions which address health literacy challenges to reduce ASCVD risk in youth. RECENT FINDINGS: There is a global pandemic of suboptimal health behaviors among youth that may contribute to the increasing rates of ASCVD worldwide. Deficiencies in youth cardiovascular health have promoted increased attention to health education that incorporates health literacy. Studies conducted in both the child (0 to 9 years) and adolescent (10 to 17 years) population have shown improvement in health knowledge, health behaviors such as physical activity and eating habits, and objective measures such as body mass index (BMI), blood pressure, and serum lipid levels. The available literature affirms that the involvement of family and community members in young people's surroundings-including parents, teachers, and peers-can influence educational interventions' protective effects. Educational interventions which incorporate health literacy have demonstrated potential to address ASCVD risk factors in youth and may be augmented by caregiver and community involvement.
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Mann et al. (2023) conducted a review in Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Health literacy educational interventions vs. Standard curriculum or no intervention was evaluated on Health knowledge, health behaviors, and objective measures (BMI, blood pressure, serum lipids). Educational interventions incorporating health literacy improve ASCVD knowledge, health behaviors, and physiological risk factors in youth, especially with caregiver and community involvement.
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