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Effects of parental viewing of children's risk behavior on home safety practices
Keri J Brown1, Michael C Roberts, Sunnye Mayes
1Children's Research Institute, Columbus Children's Hospital, Center for Injury Research and Policy, 700 Children's Way, Columbus, Ohio 43205, USA. brownke@chi.osu.edu
Objective:
To examine the effects of parent viewing of their child's actual risk behavior on home safety practices.
Methods:
Sixty-one 4-to 7-year-old children and their caregivers participated in a three session project. Parents were exposed to one of three videos: (a) their own child with simulated home hazards, (b) a pilot child with hazards, or (c) a control child development video. Observations of home hazards as well as parent measures of supervision and vulnerability were completed pre and post-intervention.
Results:
Exposure to a video of a parent's own child playing with simulated hazards resulted in improved home safety practices. Exposure to a pilot child interacting with home hazards did not increase parent safety behaviors. No group differences in levels of vulnerability were found.
Conclusions:
Parental attitudes are an important consideration in designing successful injury interventions. Increasing parental awareness of their child's risk to injury may be a valuable tool to change safety behaviors.
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