Empowering Women's Prenatal Communication: Does Literacy Matter?
Empowering Women's Prenatal Communication: Does Literacy Matter?
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DOI:
10.1080/10810730.2015.1080330
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发表时间:
2015
影响因子:
4.4
通讯作者:
Bienstock J
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作者:
Roter DL;Erby LH;Rimal RN;Smith KC;Larson S;Bennett IM;Cole KW;Guan Y;Molloy M;Bienstock J
The study was designed to evaluate the impact of an interactive computer program developed to empower prenatal communication of women with restricted literacy skills. 83 women seeing 17 clinicians were randomized to a computer-based communication activation intervention, Healthy Babies Healthy Moms (HBHM), or prenatal education, Baby Basics (BB), prior to their prenatal visit. Visit communication was coded with the Roter Interaction Analysis System (RIAS) and post-visit satisfaction was reported. Participants were on average 24 years of age and 25 weeks pregnant; 80% were African American. Two-thirds scored ≤ 8th grade on a literacy screener. Women with literacy deficits were more verbally active, disclosed more medical and psychosocial/lifestyle information and were rated as more dominant by coders in the HBHM group relative to counterparts in the BB group (all p<.05). Clinicians were less verbally dominant and more patient-centered with literate HBHM relative to BB group women (p<.05); there was a similar, non-significant trend (p<.1) for lower literate women. Clinicians communicated less medical information and made fewer reassurance statements to lower literate women in the HBHM relative to the BB group (p<.05). There was a trend toward lower visit satisfaction for women with restricted literacy in HBHM relative to BB group (p<.1); no difference in satisfaction was evident for more literate women. The HBHM intervention empowered communication of all women and facilitated verbal engagement and relevant disclosure of medical and psychosocial information of women with literacy deficits. Satisfaction, however, tended to be lower for these women.