Potential and Challenges of School-Parent Collaboration in Developing Parental Health Literacy
Potential and Challenges of School-Parent Collaboration in Developing Parental Health Literacy

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this study is to use the experience of two Latvian schools to outline the potential of schoolparent collaboration in promoting parental health literacy by answering the following questions: 1) How is the concept of health literacy understood by parents, teachers, and school administration? 2) What factors limit or hinder school-parent collaboration in promoting health literacy? 3) What are the recommendations of the actors involved to improve school-parent collaboration in promoting parental health literacy? This study adopts a qualitative case study approach and explores two cases of schools in Latvia. The data are obtained from 4 focus group discussions and 2 interviews with 26 respondents, including teachers, parents, and school principals, as well as from school records. The data are processed using content analysis.

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