Evaluation of Infant Injury Prevention Education Provided during Antenatal Classes after Two Years: A Pilot Prospective Cohort Study

Chikako Honda, Kyoko Yoshioka-Maeda, Hitoshi Fujii, Riho Iwasaki-Motegi and Noriko Yamamoto-Mitani
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Chikako Honda: Department of Community Health Nursing, Division of Health Sciences and Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
Kyoko Yoshioka-Maeda: Department of Community Health Nursing, Division of Health Sciences and Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
Hitoshi Fujii: Department of Medical Statistics, School of Nursing, Mejiro University, 320 Ukiya, Iwatsuki-ku, Saitama-shi 339-8501, Japan
Riho Iwasaki-Motegi: Department of Health Promotion, National Institute of Public Health, 2-3-6, Minami, Wako-shi 351-0197, Japan
Noriko Yamamoto-Mitani: Department of Gerontological home Care and Long-Term Care Nursing/Palliative Care Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 12, 1-11

Abstract: This study examined the long-term effects of an infant injury prevention program implemented during an antenatal class of 131 mothers. Questionnaires were completed 2 years postpartum to assess the incidence of injury (medically attended or home-care), mothers’ perception of injury prevention, implementation of safety practices, and active attitudes toward injury prevention. Responses were obtained from 68 (51.9%) mothers (intervention group, 40; control group, 28), including 24 who reported medically attended injuries and 55 who reported home-care injuries. The incidence of medically attended injuries did not differ between groups. The incidence of home-care injuries was also not significantly different, but was lower in the intervention group (72.5% vs. 92.9%, p = 0.050). Significantly fewer children in the intervention group experienced “injury due to being caught between objects” (12.5% vs. 39.3%, p = 0.014). Mothers in the intervention group were significantly more aware of injury prevention than those in the control group ( p = 0.033). The risk of home-care injuries was inversely related to mothers’ injury-prevention perception (odds ratio [OR]: 0.55, p = 0.035). This study suggests that group education during pregnancy regarding injury prevention increases mothers’ perception of injury prevention. These findings support implementing injury prevention education during antenatal classes.

Keywords: antenatal classes; child; group education; infant; injury prevention; mother; pregnancy; program evaluation; prospective study; safety practice (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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