Effectiveness of a Household Environmental Health Intervention Delivered by Rural Public Health Nurses
Effectiveness of a Household Environmental Health Intervention Delivered by Rural Public Health Nurses
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DOI:
10.2105/ajph.2011.300164
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发表时间:
2011-01-01
影响因子:
12.7
通讯作者:
Odom-Maryon, Tamara
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作者:
Butterfield, Patricia G.;Hill, Wade;Odom-Maryon, Tamara
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 low-income 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 guidance to parents; 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