Abstract
Introduction: Unintentional injuries (UI) are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in children. The parent′s knowledge of this problem is important for prevention.
Objective: to asses the impact of an educational intervention in UI.
Methods: Families with children aged 5 to 8 years, attending to a school at Buenos Aires City were eligible. The intervention included basic safety advice regarding home-related UI. A closed, anonymous, self-administered questionnaire (including 10 questions regarding the most common home-related UI) was administered before and after the intervention. The intervention impact was estimated by calculating the number of questionnaires with all questions correctly answered before and after (Mac Nemar Test, Chi square). Also, sociocultural variables (parents′s age and education level, family profile, number of children and type of school) were evaluated as predictors for UI knowledge, using “all questions correctly answered” as outcome measure (Binary Logistic Regression). Significance level p < 0.01.
Results: 1147 pairs of questionnaires were evaluated. After the intervention, the rate of all questions correctly answered increased significantly (10.3% vs 57.2%; p < 0.0001). Older mother (expB:1.05 IC95% 1.01–1.08), better educational level (expB: 5.88 IC95% 1.35-25.72), less number of siblings (expB:0.74 IC95% 0.59-0.92) and both parents livng at home (expB:2.71 IC95%1.39-5.24) were significantly associated with all questions correctly answered. This association disappeared after our intervention.
Conclusion: The educational intervention significantly increased parent's knowledges about IU. The differences linked to sociocultural status were compensated by a low -cost intervention. The impact of these interventions on UI incidence must be assessed.
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Torres, F., Alessandrini, M., Bertazzo, C. et al. Evaluation of an Educational Intervention on Unintentional Injuries in Childhood: P088. Pediatr Res 60, 639 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-200611000-00043
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-200611000-00043