Hamilton Kyra, Dunn Kim, Keech Jacob J, Peden Amy E
Griffith University, Australia.
University of Jyväskylä, Finland.
J Health Psychol. 2025 Aug;30(9):2103-2117. doi: 10.1177/13591053241275588. Epub 2024 Sep 18.
The aim of this study was to develop an in-depth understanding of the beliefs parents hold regarding portable pool safety behaviours using the theory of planned behaviour (TPB). Semi-structured interviews were conducted with parents ( = 15) of children aged 5 years and younger who owned a portable pool. Interviews examined three key safety behaviours: supervising within arms' reach, fencing portable pools deeper than 30 cm, and emptying and storing portable pools safely after use. Parents identified a range of advantages, disadvantages, normative influences, and facilitators and barriers towards the three behaviours. The identification of these salient behavioural, normative, and control beliefs enrich limited understandings of portable pool safety behaviours of parents with young children. Current findings fill a knowledge gap in portable pool safety and provide potential targets for messages to improve parents' behaviours for their young children around portable pools in the hope of preventing loss of life.
本研究的目的是运用计划行为理论（TPB）深入了解父母对便携式泳池安全行为的看法。对拥有便携式泳池的5岁及以下儿童的父母（n = 15）进行了半结构化访谈。访谈考察了三种关键的安全行为：在伸手可及的范围内进行监督、为深度超过30厘米的便携式泳池安装围栏，以及在使用后安全排空和存放便携式泳池。父母们指出了这三种行为存在的一系列优点、缺点、规范影响以及促进因素和障碍。识别这些显著的行为、规范和控制信念，丰富了我们对幼儿父母便携式泳池安全行为的有限认识。当前的研究结果填补了便携式泳池安全方面的知识空白，并为宣传信息提供了潜在目标，以改善父母在便携式泳池周围对幼儿的行为，以期防止生命损失。
