Videotaped parent education in pediatric waiting rooms.
Parents in pediatric appointment clinic and pediatric emergency clinic waiting rooms were exposed to a five-minute videotaped program offering parenting tips. For half of the parents, the program was presented incidentally on a television monitor in the waiting room. The remaining half were asked to view the program individually in an adjacent room. Half of the first group actually watched the program, and those who watched learned less than half as much as did parents who viewed the program in a structured setting. In both conditions, parents rated the programs as highly appealing. Type of clinic did not affect parents' awareness, learning, or appeal ratings.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education*; D010372:Pediatrics; D014743:Videotape Recording / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*