Department of Education, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-5500, USA.
Acad Pediatr. 2011 Jan-Feb;11(1):34-43. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2010.12.006.
To determine whether educational baby books are an effective method for increasing low-income, first-time mothers' safety practices during their child's first 18 months.
Primiparous women (n = 167) were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 groups: an educational book group, a noneducational book group, or a no-book group. Home visits and interviews measured safety practices when women were in their third trimester of pregnancy (baseline) and when their children were 2, 4, 6, 9, 12, and 18 months of age.
Women in the educational book group had fewer risks in their homes and exercised more safety practices than the no-book group (- 20% risk reduction; effect size = -.30). When the safety practices involved little time or expense (eg, putting away sharp objects), the educational book group was significantly more likely to engage in these behaviors than the no-book group (40% higher practices; effect size = 0.19) or noneducational book group (27% higher practices; effect size = 0.13). However, no differences were found between groups for behaviors that required high effort in time, money, or hassle (eg, installing latches on cabinets).
Educational baby books appear to be an easy and low-cost way to increase the safety practices of new mothers, especially if the practices involve little to no time, money, or hassle.
确定教育型育儿书籍是否能有效提高低收入初产妇在其子女头 18 个月期间的安全行为。
将 167 名初产妇随机分为 3 组：教育型书籍组、非教育型书籍组或无书籍组。通过家访和访谈，在孕妇怀孕第 3 个月（基线）和其子女 2、4、6、9、12 和 18 个月时，测量安全行为。
教育型书籍组的女性家中风险较少，且安全行为多于无书籍组（风险降低 20%；效应大小=-.30）。当安全行为花费的时间或费用较少（例如，将尖锐物体收起来）时，教育型书籍组比无书籍组（实践行为高 40%；效应大小=0.19）或非教育型书籍组（实践行为高 27%；效应大小=0.13）更有可能进行这些行为。然而，在需要大量时间、金钱或麻烦的行为（例如，安装橱柜门闩）方面，各组之间没有差异。
教育型育儿书籍似乎是一种简单且低成本的方法，可以提高新手妈妈的安全行为，特别是当这些行为花费的时间、金钱或麻烦较少时。
