The present study systematically reviewed and statistically summarized the current body of literature on the relationship between maternal health literacy and maternal sensitivity, and the effect of these two variables on mothers' care and decision making on distal attachment outcomes. In so doing, a systematic review of the extant peer-reviewed, published literature examining the effectiveness of interventions in effort to improve health literacy and maternal sensitivity, with a focus on increasing the quality of mother-preterm infant attachment outcomes, was undergone. This was followed by four multilevel random effects meta-analyses. Results indicated that mothers who participated in health literacy (maternal sensitivity) interventions had, on average, higher attachment quality, in comparison to those who did not participate. Additionally, maternal age was found to be a statistically significant predictor of the overall average effect size. This suggests that maternal health literacy may be a yet unexplored correlate of mother-preterm infant attachment outcomes.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc1873823 |
| Date | 12 1900 |
| Creators | Lopez, Mark A. |
| Contributors | Middlemiss, Wendy, Hodges, Jaret, Boesch, Miriam C., Mitchell, Yolanda T. |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | iv, 105 pages : illustrations, Text |
| Rights | Public, Lopez, Mark A., Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved. |
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