1.Research progress on assessment of parental ability to prevent child injury
Chinese Journal of School Health 2022;43(8):1229-1234
Objective:
To review the articles evaluating parental ability on child injury prevention and to provide suggestions for developing assessment index for parental ability on child injury prevention.
Methods:
Relevant studies were retrieved from the Chinese Biomedical Literature Database (CBM), Wanfang, CNKI, VIP, PubMed, Medline, Springer, and Web of Science, and were reviewed based on instruments, contents, as well as reliability and validity of instruments.
Results:
A total of 47 articles were included for analysis. The methods for assessment mainly include quantitative and qualitative investigation, mainly quantitative surveys through scales or questionnaires. Assessment contents mainly included parental knowledge, attitudes and practice on child injury prevention(44 papers), as well as home safety(3 papers).The evaluation object mainly concentrated on parents of preschool children. A small part of studies tested the reliability and validity of the instruments in quantitative investigations.The reliability test indexes included retest reliability and Kronbach coefficient, and the validity test indexes included content validity, structure validity and scale validity.
Conclusion
There is a lack of assessment tools for evaluating parents ability on child injury prevention in Chinese background. The development of corresponding assessment tools should consider the characteristics of children in different age groups, injury types, as well as its reliability and validity.
2.Dose-response relationship between emotional state and anxiety disorder among primary students
XUE Cheng, REN Jun, YIN Xiaoya, CHEN Bohao, WANG Shumei
Chinese Journal of School Health 2021;42(3):375-380
Objective:
To explore the dose-response relationship between duration of emotional experience of primary school students and the intensity of anxiety disorders, and to understand the risk of anxiety disorders corresponding to different emotional state levels.
Methods:
A total of 7 152 primary students from grade 3 to 5 were investigated with questionnaire survey from 16 public primary schools, by using the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorder (SCARED) and Positive Affect and Negative Affect Scale.
Results:
The prevalence of anxiety disorders was 19.91%, among which the prevalence rates of anxiety disorders in boys and girls were 19.41% and 20.43%, respectively. After adjusting for gender, grade, household register, the only child, parental marital status, parental occupation, parental educational level, family financial level, serving as a class leader, receiving special training or counseling in sports and art, and being bullied, the risk of anxiety disorder in children with positive emotions lasting for 7-16 days, 17-24 days and >24 days was lower compared to those with positive emotions lasting for less than 6 days(P<0.05); the risk of anxiety disorder in children with negative emotions lasting for 0.27-0.93 day, 0.94-2 days and >2 days was higher compared to those with negative emotions lasting less than 0.26 day(P<0.05). Restricted cubic spline analysis showed that the duration of emotional state and anxiety disorder showed a significant non-linear dose-response relationship (non-linear test, P<0.01), that is, as the number of days of positive emotions increases, the risk of anxiety disorder continues to decrease, and as the number of days of negative emotions increases, the risk of anxiety disorder continues to increase.
Conclusion
There is a significant dose-response relationship between the duration of the emotional state of primary school students and the prevalence of anxiety disorders. Acquirement and maintain positive emotions m be an important entry point for mental health promotion among primary school students.
3.Development of Index System for Assessing Parent s Ability on Child Injury Prevention by Delphi consultation
YIN Xiaoya, CHEN Bohao, ZHU Ying, LI Yiyang, TANG Biaoqian, YAO Shuxian, LIU Hanqing, WANG Shumei
Chinese Journal of School Health 2022;43(7):1086-1089
Objective:
To construct and determine the weight of Index System for Assessing Parent s Ability on Child Injury Prevention, and to provide the basis for childhood injury intervention in family.
Methods:
Twenty four experts majored in related fields were invited to participate in Delphi consultation. The final index system was constructed according to the consulting results and the weight of primary and secondary indicators were calculated.
Results:
The final index system consisted of 5 subscales corresponding to 5 age groups: 0,1-2,3-5,6-11 and 12-17 years old. Each scale included 4 primary indicators and 11 secondary indicators. The weight of primary indicators obtained by analytic hierarchy process is 0.28 for "environment", 0.16 for "product", 0.31 for "behaviors and skills", and 0.25 for "psychology". The highest weight of secondary indicators for "environment", "product" and "behaviors and skills" was "water area", while the top secondary indicators for "psychology" included "parental style""emotional control" "family atmosphere", with all indicators weighted higher than 0.2.
Conclusion
The Index System for Assessing Parent s Ability on Child Injury Prevention by Delphi consultation is comprehensive in content, and with the focus on parental behaviors and skills on injury prevention.
4.Child injury prevention practice among parents of primary school students
YIN Xiaoya, CHEN Bohao, ZHU Ying, LI Yiyang, TANG Biaoqian, YAO Shuxian, LIU Hanqing, WANG Shumei
Chinese Journal of School Health 2022;43(9):1337-1341
Objective:
To investigate child injury prevention practice and associated factors among parents of primary school students.
Methods:
Parents of 2 577 students were selected from three primary schools in three administrative regions of Shanghai by multi stage sampling method between May and June in 2021. Questionnaire survey was administered to parents based on the Index System for Assessing Parent s Ability on Child Injury Prevention, which was developed previously by the present research group. Results were converted into standardized scores for descriptive analysis, and the original scores were analyzed by multiple linear regression model.
Results:
The standardized scores of parents on environment safety, product safety, behaviors and skills and psychological safety were (0.91±0.08)(0.93±0.08)(0.97±0.04)(0.95±0.05), respectively. The standardized score of general ability was (0.95±0.04). The standardized scores on knowledge, attitude and practice of injury prevention were (0.99±0.03)( 0.97± 0.05)(0.89±0.10), respectively. Mothers performances were generally better than fathers . Parents with higher education performed better than those with lower education. Parents with "being a parent" in mind performed better on child injury prevention.
Conclusion
There is a gap between practice with the knowledge as well as attitude towards child injury prevention among parents of primary school students. Parenting role, educational background and parental awareness of the importance of parental role are primary factors that affect child injury prevention practice.