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Parental perceptions of barriers and facilitators to preventing child unintentional injuries within the home: a qualitative study

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Title
Parental perceptions of barriers and facilitators to preventing child unintentional injuries within the home: a qualitative study
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BMC Public Health, March 2015
DOI 10.1186/s12889-015-1547-2
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Joanne Ablewhite, Isabel Peel, Lisa McDaid, Adrian Hawkins, Trudy Goodenough, Toity Deave, Jane Stewart, Denise Kendrick

Abstract

Childhood unintentional injury represents an important global health problem. Most of these injuries occur at home, and many are preventable. The main aim of this study was to identify key facilitators and barriers for parents in keeping their children safe from unintentional injury within their homes. A further aim was to develop an understanding of parents' perceptions of what might help them to implement injury prevention activities. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with sixty-four parents with a child aged less than five years at parent's homes. Interview data was transcribed verbatim, and thematic analysis was undertaken. This was a Multi-centre qualitative study conducted in four study centres in England (Nottingham, Bristol, Norwich and Newcastle). Barriers to injury prevention included parents' not anticipating injury risks nor the consequences of some risk-taking behaviours, a perception that some injuries were an inevitable part of child development, interrupted supervision due to distractions, maternal fatigue and the presence of older siblings, difficulties in adapting homes, unreliability and cost of safety equipment and provision of safety information later than needed in relation to child age and development. Facilitators for injury prevention included parental supervision and teaching children about injury risks. This included parents' allowing children to learn about injury risks through controlled risk taking, using "safety rules" and supervising children to ensure that safety rules were adhered to. Adapting the home by installing safety equipment or removing hazards were also key facilitators. Some parents felt that learning about injury events through other parents' experiences may help parents anticipate injury risks. There are a range of barriers to, and facilitators for parents undertaking injury prevention that would be addressable during the design of home safety interventions. Addressing these in future studies may increase the effectiveness of interventions.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Indonesia 1 <1%
United States 1 <1%
Canada 1 <1%
Unknown 122 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 22 18%
Student > Bachelor 15 12%
Researcher 14 11%
Student > Ph. D. Student 10 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 9 7%
Other 26 21%
Unknown 29 23%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 34 27%
Nursing and Health Professions 21 17%
Psychology 13 10%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 5 4%
Social Sciences 5 4%
Other 12 10%
Unknown 35 28%
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