Childhood Injury Prevention: Predictors of Home Hazards in Latino Families Enrolled in SafeCare®.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This archival project (a) examined potential risk and protective factors for hazards in the homes of Spanish-speaking immigrant Latino families and (b) provided an independent examination of the SafeCare®+ Home Safety module adapted for Latino families at high risk for child neglect.

Methods

The sample comprised 92 Latina caregivers of young children enrolled in SafeCare®+.

Results

Results of the negative binomial regression model of predictors of home hazards before the Home Safety module found none of the factors were significant. The longitudinal analysis with a negative binomial model found significant effects both during (b = -0.905, p < .001) and after (b = -2.118, p < .001) the intervention. Depression was negatively associated with the number of haza

SUBMITTER: Slemaker A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6543967 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature