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AAP Grand Rounds 13:53-54 (2005)
© 2005 American Academy of Pediatrics

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Do Spanish- Speaking Latino Parents Understand Written Medication Instructions?

Source: Leyva M, Sharif I, Ozuah P. Health literacy among Spanish-speaking Latino parents with limited English proficiency. Ambul Pediatr. 2005;5:56–59.[Medline]

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Investigators from Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, New York approached 8 local pharmacies and verified that the standard procedure when filling medication prescriptions for a child whose mother speaks only Spanish is to write the prescription label in English and provide the corresponding drug information sheet (DIS) written in Spanish. To determine how well Spanish-speaking Latino parents with limited English proficiency understand such written medication instructions, the investigators conducted a cross-sectional survey of Latino parents with children aged 5 years or younger attending 2 pediatric clinics in the Bronx, New York. A bilingual investigator approached every parent in the waiting rooms for 10 consecutive days. Parents age 18 or older who were identified as most comfortable speaking in Spanish or equally comfortable speaking English and Spanish were asked to participate in the study (n=112). Parents willing . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Dana Hargunani, MD, FAAP
Pediatrics, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR