Examining parents' behaviors and supervision of their children in the presence of an unfamiliar dog: Does the Blue Dog intervention improve parent practices?

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 54, Issue , 2013, Pages 108-113

  Morrongiello, Barbara A ^a   Schwebel, David C ^b   Stewart, Julia ^a   Bell, Melissa ^a   Davis, Aaron L ^b   Corbett, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Dog bites; Injury; Parent supervision

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

CHILD; DOG BITES; EDUCATION PROGRAMS; GROUP DIFFERENCES; INJURY; PARENT SUPERVISION; POST INTERVENTIONS; RANDOMIZED DESIGN;

SAFETY ENGINEERING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BITES AND STINGS; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; METHODOLOGY; PARENT; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEORECORDING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOGS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PARENTING; PARENTS; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEODISC RECORDING;

EID: 84875252256     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2013.02.005     Document Type: Article

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