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Enfermagem"],"abstract":"<jats:p>Objective: to explore health literacy among main caregivers of Children with Special Health Care Needs by identifying limitations and potentialities and their relationship with socioeconomic variables, information sources and social support.  Method: a cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical study conducted with 139 caregivers. The data were collected between December 2022 and April 2023 in a hospital from southern Brazil, by means of the Children with Special Health Care Needs Screener, the Health Literacy Questionnaire and a characterization questionnaire. The analysis involved descriptive and inferential statistics.  Results: a number of limitations were identified in active care, social support and ability to find good health information. Diverse potentialities were noticed in assessing the information and interacting with health professionals. There was a positive association between the \u201cSchooling level\u201d and \u201cFamily income\u201d variables and the \u201cFeel understood and supported by healthcare providers\u201d ( p =0.006), \u201cHave social support for health\u201d ( p =0.000) and \u201cAppraise health information\u201d ( p =0.038) scales.  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