Cargando…
A Multi-Site Study on Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs and Practice of Child-Dog Interactions in Rural China
This study examines demographic, cognitive and behavioral factors that predict pediatric dog-bite injury risk in rural China. A total of 1,537 children (grades 4–6) in rural regions of Anhui, Hebei and Zhejiang Provinces, China completed self-report questionnaires assessing beliefs about and behavio...
Autores principales: | , , , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
MDPI
2013
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3709296/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23470881 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph10030950 |
_version_ | 1782276729997361152 |
---|---|
author | Shen, Jiabin Li, Shaohua Xiang, Huiyun Pang, Shulan Xu, Guozhang Schwebel, David C. |
author_facet | Shen, Jiabin Li, Shaohua Xiang, Huiyun Pang, Shulan Xu, Guozhang Schwebel, David C. |
author_sort | Shen, Jiabin |
collection | PubMed |
description | This study examines demographic, cognitive and behavioral factors that predict pediatric dog-bite injury risk in rural China. A total of 1,537 children (grades 4–6) in rural regions of Anhui, Hebei and Zhejiang Provinces, China completed self-report questionnaires assessing beliefs about and behaviors with dogs. The results showed that almost 30% of children reported a history of dog bites. Children answered 56% of dog-safety knowledge items correctly. Regressions revealed both demographic and cognitive/behavioral factors predicted children’s risky interactions with dogs and dog-bite history. Boys behaved more riskily with dogs and were more frequently bitten. Older children reported greater risks with dogs and more bites. With demographics controlled, attitudes/beliefs of invulnerability, exposure frequency, and dog ownership predicted children’s self-reported risky practice with dogs. Attitudes/beliefs of invulnerability, dog exposure, and dog ownership predicted dog bites. In conclusion, both demographic and cognitive/behavioral factors influenced rural Chinese children’s dog-bite injury risk. Theory-based, empirically-supported intervention programs might reduce dog-bite injuries in rural China. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-3709296 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2013 |
publisher | MDPI |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-37092962013-07-12 A Multi-Site Study on Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs and Practice of Child-Dog Interactions in Rural China Shen, Jiabin Li, Shaohua Xiang, Huiyun Pang, Shulan Xu, Guozhang Schwebel, David C. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article This study examines demographic, cognitive and behavioral factors that predict pediatric dog-bite injury risk in rural China. A total of 1,537 children (grades 4–6) in rural regions of Anhui, Hebei and Zhejiang Provinces, China completed self-report questionnaires assessing beliefs about and behaviors with dogs. The results showed that almost 30% of children reported a history of dog bites. Children answered 56% of dog-safety knowledge items correctly. Regressions revealed both demographic and cognitive/behavioral factors predicted children’s risky interactions with dogs and dog-bite history. Boys behaved more riskily with dogs and were more frequently bitten. Older children reported greater risks with dogs and more bites. With demographics controlled, attitudes/beliefs of invulnerability, exposure frequency, and dog ownership predicted children’s self-reported risky practice with dogs. Attitudes/beliefs of invulnerability, dog exposure, and dog ownership predicted dog bites. In conclusion, both demographic and cognitive/behavioral factors influenced rural Chinese children’s dog-bite injury risk. Theory-based, empirically-supported intervention programs might reduce dog-bite injuries in rural China. MDPI 2013-03-07 2013-03 /pmc/articles/PMC3709296/ /pubmed/23470881 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph10030950 Text en © 2013 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Shen, Jiabin Li, Shaohua Xiang, Huiyun Pang, Shulan Xu, Guozhang Schwebel, David C. A Multi-Site Study on Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs and Practice of Child-Dog Interactions in Rural China |
title | A Multi-Site Study on Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs and Practice of Child-Dog Interactions in Rural China |
title_full | A Multi-Site Study on Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs and Practice of Child-Dog Interactions in Rural China |
title_fullStr | A Multi-Site Study on Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs and Practice of Child-Dog Interactions in Rural China |
title_full_unstemmed | A Multi-Site Study on Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs and Practice of Child-Dog Interactions in Rural China |
title_short | A Multi-Site Study on Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs and Practice of Child-Dog Interactions in Rural China |
title_sort | multi-site study on knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and practice of child-dog interactions in rural china |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3709296/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23470881 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph10030950 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT shenjiabin amultisitestudyonknowledgeattitudesbeliefsandpracticeofchilddoginteractionsinruralchina AT lishaohua amultisitestudyonknowledgeattitudesbeliefsandpracticeofchilddoginteractionsinruralchina AT xianghuiyun amultisitestudyonknowledgeattitudesbeliefsandpracticeofchilddoginteractionsinruralchina AT pangshulan amultisitestudyonknowledgeattitudesbeliefsandpracticeofchilddoginteractionsinruralchina AT xuguozhang amultisitestudyonknowledgeattitudesbeliefsandpracticeofchilddoginteractionsinruralchina AT schwebeldavidc amultisitestudyonknowledgeattitudesbeliefsandpracticeofchilddoginteractionsinruralchina AT shenjiabin multisitestudyonknowledgeattitudesbeliefsandpracticeofchilddoginteractionsinruralchina AT lishaohua multisitestudyonknowledgeattitudesbeliefsandpracticeofchilddoginteractionsinruralchina AT xianghuiyun multisitestudyonknowledgeattitudesbeliefsandpracticeofchilddoginteractionsinruralchina AT pangshulan multisitestudyonknowledgeattitudesbeliefsandpracticeofchilddoginteractionsinruralchina AT xuguozhang multisitestudyonknowledgeattitudesbeliefsandpracticeofchilddoginteractionsinruralchina AT schwebeldavidc multisitestudyonknowledgeattitudesbeliefsandpracticeofchilddoginteractionsinruralchina |