Mothers' Perceptions of the Cardboard Box as a Potential Sleep Space
Mothers' Perceptions of the Cardboard Box as a Potential Sleep Space
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DOI:
10.1016/j.acap.2019.02.007
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发表时间:
2019-09-01
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
Loyal, Jaspreet
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作者:
Dalvie, Nisha;Nguyen, Victoria;Loyal, Jaspreet
OBJECTIVE: Due to increasing popularity, our hospital began considering distributing cardboard boxes combined with safe sleep education to new mothers. As a first step in studying the impact of this intervention on bedsharing in our community, we sought to understand mothers' perceptions of the cardboard box.METHODS: We recruited primarily low-income, English- or Spanish-speaking mothers of infants aged 2 to 16 weeks during routine primary care visits. Participants responding to a crosssectional survey about infant sleep practices were invited to participate in in-depth interviews about the cardboard box. We used a grounded theory approach and the constant comparative method until saturation was reached.RESULTS: Of 120 participants in the survey, 50 (42%) participated in the qualitative study. Participants were mothers of infants aged