@article{ref1,
title="Effects of computer-generated animations on parental perceptions toward childhood injuries",
journal="Injury prevention",
year="2010",
author="Kakefuda, I. and Kitamura, K. and Nishida, Y. and Yamanaka, T. and Motomura, Y.",
volume="16",
number="Suppl 1",
pages="A186-A186",
abstract="Parents often underestimate their children's susceptibility to unintentional injuries, which may lead to non-use of prevention measures. To correct this perception, we exposed parents of small children to computer-generated short animations of five typical injurious situations in Japanese home environments and information about injury susceptibility and severity. Animations depicted: falling from a chair; electrical shock at an outlet; bathtub drowning; accidental ingestion of a button battery; and thermal injury by a rice cooker. Animations were created based on injury surveillance data, and motion capture data and body size data of average Japanese children. A total of 91 parents, including seven males, with children between 0.5 and 2 years old participated in the study through the Internet. (There were no statistically significant differences between genders in responses.) Half of the participants (n=44) watched only the five animations (Animation-only). The other half (n=47) watched the five animations and information about injury susceptibility and severity (animation + information). No difference was observed between the two groups in perception toward severity of injuries. However, the Animation + information group perceived their own children's susceptibility to the injuries higher than the Animation-only group, and the differences between the two groups were statistically significant in three of the five situations; fall, thermal injury, and drowning. Results suggest that animation is useful to get parents attention to childhood injury and severity by showing the moment of injury; however, adding information about injury consequences may be more effective in increasing parental feelings of injury susceptibility of own children.<p />",
language="en",
issn="1353-8047",
doi="10.1136/ip.2010.029215.664",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ip.2010.029215.664"
}