title: Partnering with mutual aid associations to provide home injury prevention.
abstract: Injury is the leading cause of death and a leading cause of morbidity among children in the US. Poor, minority children, especially those with language and cultural differences, are disproportionately affected. The traditional childhood injury prevention approaches (eg, physician office counseling, public service announcements) may not be effective when significant language and cultural differences exist between provider and client. Partnering with mutual aid associations to create low literacy education tools for their home visitors to use to teach immigrant families about home safety may be one method to provide injury prevention information.
authors.affiliation: Comer Children's Hospital, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Alison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tothy
authors.forename: Dana L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Wiltsek
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sheehan
mesh_terms: D000056:Accident Prevention / Q000379:methods*; D000061:Accidents, Home / Q000517:prevention & control*; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D002160:Cambodia / Q000208:ethnology; D002648:Child; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D019058:Community Networks; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007087:Illinois / Q000453:epidemiology; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012657:Self-Help Groups / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012944:Social Support; D014744:Vietnam / Q000208:ethnology; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control*