Parental beliefs associated with the use of child restraint devices

Ringwalt, Christopher L.; Runyan, Carol S. Wolf; DeVellis, Robert F.; Wittenbraker, John

doi:10.1093/her/1.4.263

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“…the perceived benefit, formed significant determinants in two models, indicating that this determinant plays a certain role in predicting injury-preventive behaviour. This finding was consistent with a study where the use of seat belts for children was found to be significantly linked to parents' understanding of the importance of their use, which could be translated into terms of benefits of preventive behaviour (9). However, perceived barriers to preventive actions were significant determinants in only one model, and the perceived injury risk was not significant in any model.…”

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Perceived social norms as crucial determinants of mother's injury‐preventive behaviour

Sellström

Bremberg

1996

Acta Paediatrica

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In order to design injury-preventive programmes aimed at parents, an understanding of injury-preventive behaviour is essential. Questionnaires were obtained from 870 mothers of 3, 4 and 9-year-olds. The perceived social norm and other determinants for injury-preventive behaviour were analysed using three multivariate logistic regression models. The final logistic models classified 73.2-82.7% of respondents correctly. Perceived norms of relatives and friends were found to be the most important determinants of mothers' injury-preventive behaviour. Injury-preventive behaviour could neither be explained by mother's perception of injury risks, nor by the perceived norms of professionals within child health care and schools. This study indicates that in order to design injury-prevention programmes, an understanding of social norms is crucial.

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“…Giirling et al have demonstrated a n association between mothers' perception of injury risks in the home environment and the importance of supervision and other preventive measures (6). Yet, other studies have not shown any particularly strong association between risk perception and preventive behaviour (7)(8)(9).…”

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