%0 Journal Article
%T Dog bites: an opportunity for parent education in the pediatric emergency department
%J Pediatric emergency care
%D 2012
%A Shields, Wendy C.
%A McDonald, Eileen M.
%A Stepnitz, Rebecca
%A McKenzie, Lara T.
%A Gielen, Andrea Carlson
%V 28
%N 10
%P 966-970
%X OBJECTIVES: This study focuses on parental report of exposure to dogs and highlights the potential for using a computer kiosk in an urban pediatric emergency department to increase knowledge around dog bite safety. <br><br>METHODS: Nine hundred one parents of young children completed a kiosk assessment and received a report that contained information aimed at increasing knowledge about either dog bite prevention (PAR-DB, n = 453) or other safety behaviors (PAR-S, n = 448). The participants who received the dog bite prevention report (PAR-DB) were asked questions about exposure to dogs as part of the baseline assessment. All participants were telephoned 2 to 4 weeks later for a follow-up interview to measure knowledge differences. <br><br>RESULTS: The majority of respondents who answered the exposure questions reported seeing stray dogs (53%) and having dangerous dogs (43%) in their neighborhood. Few respondents reported that their child had been bitten by a dog (1%), but the majority (56%) reported having knowledge of another child having been bitten. Few respondents reported having a dog in their home (11%), and only 1 reported that her dog had bitten a child. A majority (56%) of dogs had not been spayed or neutered. Of families with dogs in the home, 20% reported leaving their child unattended with the dog. A minority (45%) of dogs left alone with children had been spayed or neutered. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: PAR-DB parents achieved knowledge gains as a result of the Parent Action Report generated by the kiosk, demonstrating the potential to improve knowledge via a computer kiosk in a busy pediatric emergency department.<p /> <p>Keywords: Animal Bites; Dog Bites<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
%@ 0749-5161
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PEC.0b013e31826c6c13