A longitudinal study of parents' expectations about infants’ emerging behaviors and their safety strategies to moderate injury risk

Amanda Cox, Barbara A. Morrongiello and Lindsay Bryant

Social Science & Medicine, 2021, vol. 291, issue C

Abstract: Unintentional injuries are the leading cause of preventable deaths for children under 19 years of age. Infancy has been identified as a high-risk stage for injury. Throughout infancy, infants acquire increasing motor competencies but have limited capabilities to appraise danger. This longitudinal multi-method study examined parents' expectations about their infant's emerging behaviors and their in-home safety practices when their infants were at two stages of motor development: pre-mobile (i.e. sitting independently) and mobile (i.e. walking independently).

Keywords: Injury risk; Infants; Home safety; Parents (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114481

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