Accidental injury: risk and preventative interventions
a University of Nijmegen, Sommelaan 6, 5627 WK Eindhoven,
The Netherlands: Faculty of Medicine, b University of Nottingham Medical School, Queen's Medical
Centre, Clifton Boulevard, Nottingham NG7 2UH: Department of
General Practice, c Department of Public
Health Medicine and Epidemiology
Correspondence to: Dr Kendrick.
Accepted 16 April 1997
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the relation between
risk factors for childhood unintentional injury and requests for injury
prevention interventions as part of the Nottingham Safe at Home
project, a primary care based controlled intervention study assessing
the effectiveness of a package of injury prevention interventions.
SETTING17 practices in Nottingham randomly
selected from 55 practices volunteering to take part in the study.
METHODSPostal questionnaire to all parents of
children aged 3 to 12 months registered with the intervention practices
(n = 1124) to assess risk factors for injury and to elicit requests for
three injury prevention interventions: free home safety checks, low cost safety equipment, and free first aid training.
RESULTS73% of parents responded to the
questionnaire. The distribution of sociodemographic variables among
responders was similar to that for the population of Nottingham. One
third of parents (34%) requested one intervention, 21% requested two
interventions, and 10% requested three. Receipt of means tested
benefits, ethnicity, and residence in a deprived area were
independently associated with requesting home safety checks. Non-owner
occupation, lack of access to a car, receipt of means tested benefits,
ethnicity, and unemployment were independently associated with
requesting low cost safety equipment. Non-owner occupiers were less
likely to request first aid training.
CONCLUSIONSFamilies with risk factors for
childhood unintentional injury do request home safety checks and low
cost safety equipment, but they are less likely to request first aid
training. Other methods for providing first aid advice may be needed to
reach such families.
© 1997 by Archives of Disease in Childhood
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