Abstract

Low income Hispanic families experience multiple barriers to accessing evidence-based information on Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). This study utilized a mixed-strategy intervention to create access to information in published bio-medical research articles on ASD by distilling the content into parent-friendly English- and Spanish-language ASD Science Briefs and presenting them to participants using two socially-oriented dissemination methods. There was a main effect for short-term knowledge gains associated with the Science Briefs but no effect for the dissemination method. After 5 months, participants reported utilizing the information learned and 90 % wanted to read more Science Briefs. These preliminary findings highlight the potential benefits of distilling biomedical research articles on ASD into parent-friendly educational products for currently underserved Hispanic parents.

Date

2016

Authors

Clara M Lajonchere, Barbara Y Wheeler, Thomas W Valente, Cary Kreutzer, Aron Munson, Shrikanth Narayanan, Abe Kazemzadeh, Roxana Cruz, Irene Martinez, Sheree M Schrager, Lisa Schweitzer, Tara Chklovski, Darryl Hwang

Journal

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volume

46

Pages

1038-1050

Publisher

Springer US