Evaluation of kiosk-based tailoring to promote household safety behaviors in an urban pediatric primary care practice

• Published in: Patient education and counseling Vol. 58; no. 2; pp. 168 - 181
• Main Authors: McDonald, Eileen M., Solomon, Barry, Shields, Wendy, Serwint, Janet R., Jacobsen, Heather, Weaver, Nancy L., Kreuter, Matthew, Gielen, Andrea C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ireland Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.08.2005
• Subjects: Accidents, Home - prevention & control; Adult; Computer tailoring; Female; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Health Promotion - methods; Humans; Infant; Injury prevention; Male; Nursing; Parenting; Pediatrics; Pediatrics - education; United States; Urban Health; Wounds and Injuries - prevention & control; United States; Pediatrics; Computer tailoring; Injury prevention
• ISSN: 0738-3991; 1873-5134
• DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2004.08.015

We tested a kiosk-based tailoring intervention with a sample of 144 parents of young children using a two-group randomized controlled design to evaluate the kiosk. Intervention group parents ( n = 70) answered 50 questions at a practice-based kiosk and they and their child's physician received immediate feedback reports of their injury prevention needs. Four weeks later, both control ( n = 74) and intervention parents completed a telephone interview. Safety knowledge, beliefs, and practices were compared at follow-up. Compared to control group parents, intervention group parents were more knowledgeable about the inappropriateness of young children riding in the front seat of a car (16% versus 5%, p < 0.05), less likely to believe that teaching a child to mind you is the best way to prevent injuries (64% versus 86%, p < 0.05), and more likely to report that they “have syrup of ipecac” (34% versus 9%, p < 0.001) and “know how to use” it (24% versus 4%, p < 0.002). This study provides further support for the use of tailored communication to address the prevention of injuries to young children but calls for continued investigation in the area.