health literacy

Closing the Kindergarten Readiness Gap With Direct Literacy Screening in Primary Care
Closing the Kindergarten Readiness Gap With Direct Literacy Screening in Primary Care 1024 683 Madison Storm
A woman sitting on a couch reading a book with two young children, who smile and look at the pages together.

New research suggests direct literacy screening during pediatric well visits can complement traditional developmental surveillance and better support kindergarten readiness. Pediatricians have long relied on developmental screening tools during well-child visits to monitor whether children are meeting expected milestones prior to starting kindergarten. But new research suggests that these widely used tools may miss an…

A Digital Bundle to Help Primary Care Clinicians Successfully Promote Cardiovascular Health
A Digital Bundle to Help Primary Care Clinicians Successfully Promote Cardiovascular Health 150 150 Katie Brind'Amour, PhD, MS, CHES

A web-based app that integrates into electronic record systems could offer primary care providers an evidence-based way to effectively address cardiovascular risks and behavior change with parents. On average, physicians get a total of 4 hours of education in nutrition and behavior change counseling during medical school. “That’s a horrible baseline,” says Amrik Singh Khalsa,…