Stay-at-home, Safe at Home? A survey of parental home safety practices before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To slow the spread of COVID-19, many nonessential businesses, daycares, and schools closed, and areas imposed "stay-at-home" orders. Closures led to young children spending more time at home, traditionally, the place where more than one-half of unintentional pediatric injuries occur. The objective of the current study was to describe parental safety perceptions and confidence, safety device purchase and installation, and injury prevention practices and behaviors, in homes with children 6 years of age and younger, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

A cross-sectional survey with a convenience sample of US participants, 18 years or older, was conducted from November 2020 to February 2021. Parents of children (≤ 6 years) were recruited via social media a

SUBMITTER: Roberts KJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9768763 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature