Tailoring a Child Injury Prevention Program for Low-Income U.S. Families.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Unintentional injuries are the leading cause of death for children in the United States (U.S.), and young children ages (1-4) are particularly at risk. Supervising for Home Safety (SHS) is a Canadian intervention that has been shown to reduce children's injury risk by increasing caregiver supervision. Given that low-income children are at greatest risk for injury, this study describes a process of modifying the SHS program to be culturally appropriate for low-income families of U.S. preschool children.

Methods

Two rounds of focus groups were completed; feedback from the first round of focus groups was used to modify program materials prior to the second round.

Results

Caregivers gleaned important take-away messages from both the original and modified materia

SUBMITTER: Damashek A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10147337 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature