Classification of unintentional injury prevention practices for infants and young children at home: developmental process and associations with other variables in Japanese families

The results of this study confirmed the general process by which countermeasures against children's unintentional injuries at home proceed from (1) the phase in which parents protect their children by keeping potentially hazardous objects away from them. (2) The phase in which parents prevent unintentional injuries by blocking contact and accessing hazardous objects and places. (3) The phase in which parents open some hazardous environments to their children but simultaneously monitor their children's behavior and respond to prevent injuries on a case-by-case basis. The data also showed that child-related variables (self-reliance on children's life habits and behavior) and parent-related variables (mothers' child-rearing attitudes) were associated with the countermeasures taken by the parents.