TY - JOUR
T1 - In-Home Injury Prevention Practices for Infants and Toddlers
T2 - The Role of Parental Beliefs, Barriers, and Housing Quality
AU - Gielen, Andrea Carlson
AU - Wilson, Modena E.H.
AU - Faden, Ruth R.
AU - Wissow, Larry
AU - Harvilchuck, Judith D.
PY - 1995/2
Y1 - 1995/2
N2 - The present research was designed to contribute to the empirical literature on the scope and determinants of parents' injury prevention practices among families living in disadvantaged, urban areas. One hundred fifty mothers were interviewed about their living environment when they brought their children (ages 6-36 months) to a hospital-based, pediatric primary care clinic. Only 37% of respondents reported that they knew their hot water temperature was 125° or less. A majority (59%) of families reported that they did not use stair gates. More than one fourth (27%) of respondents said they did not have smoke detectors. Mothers uniformly reported very favorable attitudes and beliefs and strong support from others for in-home injury prevention practices. Factors significantly associated with the number of injury prevention practices implemented were family income, housing quality, and environmental barriers. Instead of attempting solely to persuade parents about the value of injury prevention practices, skill-based interventions are needed to help parents overcome specific barriers that result from living in substandard housing and having very limited financial resources.
AB - The present research was designed to contribute to the empirical literature on the scope and determinants of parents' injury prevention practices among families living in disadvantaged, urban areas. One hundred fifty mothers were interviewed about their living environment when they brought their children (ages 6-36 months) to a hospital-based, pediatric primary care clinic. Only 37% of respondents reported that they knew their hot water temperature was 125° or less. A majority (59%) of families reported that they did not use stair gates. More than one fourth (27%) of respondents said they did not have smoke detectors. Mothers uniformly reported very favorable attitudes and beliefs and strong support from others for in-home injury prevention practices. Factors significantly associated with the number of injury prevention practices implemented were family income, housing quality, and environmental barriers. Instead of attempting solely to persuade parents about the value of injury prevention practices, skill-based interventions are needed to help parents overcome specific barriers that result from living in substandard housing and having very limited financial resources.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0029243779&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=0029243779&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/109019819502200108
DO - 10.1177/109019819502200108
M3 - Article
C2 - 7721603
AN - SCOPUS:0029243779
SN - 1090-1981
VL - 22
SP - 85
EP - 95
JO - Health Education & Behavior
JF - Health Education & Behavior
IS - 1
ER -