Evaluation of kiosk-based tailoring to promote household safety behaviors in an urban pediatric primary care practice.
We tested a kiosk-based tailoring intervention with a sample of 144 parents of young children using a two-group randomized controlled design to evaluate the kiosk. Intervention group parents (n = 70) answered 50 questions at a practice-based kiosk and they and their child's physician received immediate feedback reports of their injury prevention needs. Four weeks later, both control (n = 74) and intervention parents completed a telephone interview. Safety knowledge, beliefs, and practices were compared at follow-up. Compared to control group parents, intervention group parents were more knowledgeable about the inappropriateness of young children riding in the front seat of a car (16% versus 5%, p < 0.05), less likely to believe that teaching a child to mind you is the best way to prevent injuries (64% versus 86%, p < 0.05), and more likely to report that they "have syrup of ipecac" (34% versus 9%, p < 0.001) and "know how to use" it (24% versus 4%, p < 0.002). This study provides further support for the use of tailored communication to address the prevention of injuries to young children but calls for continued investigation in the area.
McDonald
Eileen M
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Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Center for Injury Research and Policy, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. emcdonal@jhsph.edu
Solomon
Barry
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Shields
Wendy
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Serwint
Janet R
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Jacobsen
Heather
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Weaver
Nancy L
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Kreuter
Matthew
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Gielen
Andrea C
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D000061:Accidents, Home / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D016487:Parenting; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000193:education; D014481:United States; D014504:Urban Health; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control*