TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Which Sources of Child Health Advice Do Parents Follow?
JO  - Clinical pediatrics
A1  - Moseley, Kathryn L.
A1  - Freed, Gary L.
A1  - Goold, Susan D.
SP  - 50
EP  - 56
VL  - 50
IS  - 1
N2  - Background: Parents consult other child health information sources in addition to the pediatrician. There are little data describing which of these sources parents are likely to follow. Methods: The authors surveyed 543 parents of patients in 6 pediatric practices in southeast Michigan shortly after an office visit to determine the degree to which parents report following advice from 7 common child health sources on a scale from 1 (don’t follow at all) to 7 (follow completely). Results: Pediatrician advice was more completely followed than other sources with mothers a distant second. Although 96% of parents used the Internet to find child health information, few followed most of the advice found there. White parents were 3 times more likely than African Americans to follow advice from television and newspapers. Conclusion: Parents rely on child health advice from the pediatrician and their mother. Other sources are consulted but not widely followed.<p />
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SN  - 0009-9228
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0009922810379905
ID  - ref1
ER  -