Atkinson Paige M, Parks Deborah K, Cooley Susan M, Sarkis Sheri L
Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas at Houston Health Science Center, USA.
J Pediatr Health Care. 2002 Jan-Feb;16(1):10-5.
Approximately 90 million adults in the United States read at a level that limits their ability to function as full members of society or limits their ability to meet their basic needs. Reading success as an adult is related to early literacy experiences. Reading aloud by parents is the single most critical factor in a child's reading success later in life. Children in households where there is little exposure to reading are at risk for reading failure even before entering school. As primary health care providers, pediatric nurse practitioners are in a unique position to affect and encourage parental behaviors that foster early literacy development in children. Literacy should become incorporated as an integral component of health promotion for children. Reach Out and Read is a successful literacy program in the United States that can be easily adopted by pediatric nurse practitioners in primary care settings.
在美国，约9000万成年人的阅读水平限制了他们作为社会正式成员发挥作用的能力，或限制了他们满足基本需求的能力。成年人的阅读成功与早期识字经历有关。父母大声朗读是孩子日后阅读成功的最关键因素。在很少接触阅读的家庭中，孩子甚至在入学前就有阅读失败的风险。作为初级卫生保健提供者，儿科执业护士处于一个独特的位置，能够影响并鼓励那些促进儿童早期识字发展的家长行为。识字应成为儿童健康促进的一个不可或缺的组成部分。“阅读起步走”是美国一项成功的识字计划，初级保健机构的儿科执业护士可以轻松采用。
