Effectiveness of a household environmental health intervention delivered by rural public health nurses

P.G. Butterfield, W. Hill, J. Postma, P.W. Butterfield and T. Odom-Maryon

American Journal of Public Health, 2011, vol. 101, issue SUPPL. 1, S262-S270

Abstract: Objectives: Parents need meaningful and actionable information if they are to reduce household environmental health risks to their children. To address this issue, we tested the effectiveness of a multi-risk social/cognitive intervention on rural lowincome parents' (1) environmental health self-efficacy and (2) stage of environmental health precautionary adoption. Methods: Biomarker (lead, cotinine) and household samples (carbon monoxide, radon, mold/mildew, and drinking water contaminants) were collected from 235 families (399 adults, 441 children) in Montana and Washington states. Families were randomly assigned to intervention or control groups; intervention families received 4 visits from public health nurses who provided tailored information and guidancetoparents; controls received usual and customary public health services. Results: At 3 months, the intervention group had significantly higher scores on (1) all 6 risk-specific self-efficacy subscales (P

Date: 2011
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