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August 22, 2025

Digital Gaps at Home: Parental Literacy and Health Disparities Among School Children

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AMAsif MuhammadRZRubeena Zakar

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Overview

Cross-sectional study reveals that parental digital health literacy improves hygiene and physical activity in children, suggesting a pathway to reduce health disparities.

Key Points

  • Parental digital health literacy significantly enhances hygiene practices and physical activity engagement in children.
  • Children with digitally engaged parents scored higher in hygiene practices, with a mean difference of 0.815, p<0.001.
  • A cross-sectional study involving 384 parents across public and private schools in Lahore assessed health communication and practices.
  • Improving digital literacy among caregivers may help address child health inequities in underserved communities.

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Muhammad et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68af735d7567bf4f94fecf7chttps://doi.org/10.71000/5yqnmq95
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