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Impact of Parental Health Literacy on Clustering of CVD Risk Factors Among Young Adults

This research delves into the mediating role of parental health literacy in the relationship between parental education and cardiovascular disease risk factors in young adults. It investigates socioeconomic disparities and parental influences on adolescents’ health outcomes.

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Impact of Parental Health Literacy on Clustering of CVD Risk Factors Among Young Adults

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  1. Does Parental Health Literacy Mediate the Relationship Between Parental Education Attainment and CLUSTERING OF CVD RISK FACTORS AMONG Young Adults By Nithiah Thangiah University of Malaya, Malaysia 4th AHLA International Health Literacy Conference 7th – 9th November 2016, Haiphong, Vietnam

  2. Presentation Outline • Background of Study • Problem Statement • Research Objectives and Questions • Methodology • Results • Conclusion

  3. DIABETES

  4. Research objective & RESEARCH QUESTIONS • To investigate the mediating effect of parental health literacy between parental educational attainment and the clustering of biological CVD risk factors among adolescents in Malaysia • Does parental health literacy mediate the relationship between SES and clustering of CVD risk factors? • To determine the association of parental health literacy with the socioeconomic inequality in the clustering of CVD risk factors.

  5. METHODOLOGY

  6. MALAYSIAN HEALTH AND ADOLESCENTS LONGITUDINAL RESEARCH STUDY (MyHeARTs) & HLS-ASIA-Q : MEASUREMENT OF HEALTH LITERACY IN ASIA 2012-2014 HLS-ASIA-Q Parents of adolescents from baseline and 2ND-WAVE 2012 MyHeARTs I 13 years old BASELINE

  7. SELANGOR KUALA LUMPUR PERAK PUTRAJAYA PERAK

  8. Northern & Central Region Perak (n=238) Selangor (n=261) Kuala Lumpur (n=96) Urban Rural # Secondary # Secondary Total number of schools is 15 ….. ….. Total # of students: 1361--91% of target is achieved School k School q Defined Study Population : Selection of n students (aged 13 yo with consent)

  9. RESULTS & CONCLUSION

  10. T1 HIGH MEDIUM LOW

  11. PARENTAL EDUCATION CLUSTERING CVD RISK FACTORS AMONG ADOLESCENTS PARENTAL HEALTH LITERACY

  12. Before Mediator (Parental Health Literacy) is entered into model After Mediator (Parental Health Literacy) is entered into model

  13. Parental health literacy mediates the relationship between parental education attainment and clustering CVD risk factors of young adolescents • Parental health literacy contributes to disparities associated with parental education attainment and children’s health outcome

  14. Thank You VERY MUCH FOR LISTENING 

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