Development of a gestational injury prevention program by community collaborative group education to create infant safety

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K24223
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: 0908:Society medicine, nursing, and related fields
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: Honda Chikako 東京大学, 大学院医学系研究科(医学部), 助教 (80845751)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-08-30 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 傷害予防 / 妊婦 / 乳児 / 集団教育 / プログラム評価 / 追跡調査

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Few studies have addressed educational interventions for pregnant women to prevent infant injury. This study followed mothers and children two years after participating in a single educational intervention trial conducted during pregnancy to determine whether they had injuries and their attitudes toward injury prevention. There was no difference in injuries with medical visits, but some injuries treated at home were less likely to occur in the intervention group. The intervention group also showed higher awareness of injury prevention. Based on the results for the gestational period and the immediate postpartum period, it was also shown that providing a single, short educational session during the gestational period is effective in the long term.

Free Research Field

傷害予防、公衆衛生看護

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

乳児の傷害は家庭内で発生することが多く、早期からの保護者への教育が重要である。しかし傷害予防教育は産後の乳幼児健診以降の機会に実施されることが推奨されてきた。本研究の学術的意義は、妊娠期の教育介入について、短中期のみならず中期的効果を示した点である。社会的意義は、自治体の母親学級という既存の資源を用いることでも効果があることを示したことで、人的・経済的資源による制約は少なく実現可能性が高い点である。