A study presented ACAAI Annual Scientific Meeting shows different levels of health literacy among teens and caregivers regarding asthma.

“We went into the study thinking that parents or caregivers would be an important source of information for teens with asthma, and that their health literacy scores would more or less align,” said allergist and ACAAI member Jeana Bush, MD, lead study author. “What we found was that there was significant disagreement between the two groups, and, that in certain groups, teens had better health literacy, which may mean they are more knowledgeable about controlling asthma than their parents.”