Evans S A, Kohli H S
Department of Public Health Medicine, Lanarkshire Health Board, Hamilton, UK.
Inj Prev. 1997 Mar;3(1):29-34. doi: 10.1136/ip.3.1.29.
To examine the effect of socioeconomic status on the attitudes parents of preschool children towards child home safety issues and practice of home safety measures.
A community based study in the Lanarkshire Health Board area, a mixed urban-rural setting in central Scotland.
A postal survey of two random samples of parents of preschool children (aged 3 years). One sample (A) involved parents living in more affluent areas and the other (B) parents living in less affluent areas.
In general, parents in both groups showed similar attitudes towards home safety. The only significant differences to emerge were over parental perceptions of the safety of the neighbourhood in which they lived and over the availability of money to keep their child safe (group B > group A, p < 0.0042). Parents from group B also tended to report similar or safer levels of home safety behaviour to parents from group A.
The findings do not suggest that differences in the injury experience of children from more and less affluent backgrounds are due to differences in parental attitude, knowledge, or practice of home safety measures. Thus, the study does not support the selective targeting of families from less affluent areas with educational interventions. Instead, the findings do support the use of a multi-method approach to home safety, where educational approaches are complemented by environmental modification.
研究社会经济地位对学龄前儿童家长关于儿童家庭安全问题的态度以及家庭安全措施实施情况的影响。
在苏格兰中部城乡结合的拉纳克郡卫生局辖区开展的一项基于社区的研究。
对两组随机抽取的学龄前儿童（3岁）家长进行邮寄问卷调查。一组样本（A）涉及居住在较富裕地区的家长，另一组样本（B）涉及居住在较不富裕地区的家长。
总体而言，两组家长对家庭安全的态度相似。出现的唯一显著差异在于家长对其居住社区安全性的认知以及用于保障孩子安全的资金可得性（B组 > A组，p < 0.0042）。B组家长报告的家庭安全行为水平也往往与A组家长相似或更安全。
研究结果并不表明来自较富裕和较不富裕背景的儿童在受伤经历上的差异是由于家长在家庭安全措施的态度、知识或实践方面的差异所致。因此，该研究不支持对较不富裕地区家庭进行有针对性的教育干预。相反，研究结果确实支持采用多方法的家庭安全措施，其中教育方法辅以环境改善。
