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Using baby books to increase new mothers ' safety practices . OBJECTIVE To determine whether educational baby books are an effective method for increasing low-income , first-time mothers ' safety practices during their child 's first 18 months . METHODS Primiparous women ( n = 167 ) were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 groups : an educational book group , a noneducational book group , or a no-book group . Home visits and interviews measured safety practices when women were in their third trimester of pregnancy ( baseline ) and when their children were 2 , 4 , 6 , 9 , 12 , and 18 months of age . RESULTS Women in the educational book group had fewer risks in their homes and exercised more safety practices than the no-book group ( - 20 % risk reduction ; effect size = -.30 ) . When the safety practices involved little time or expense ( eg , putting away sharp objects ) , the educational book group was significantly more likely to engage in these behaviors than the no-book group ( 40 % higher practices ; effect size = 0.19 ) or noneducational book group ( 27 % higher practices ; effect size = 0.13 ) . However , no differences were found between groups for behaviors that required high effort in time , money , or hassle ( eg , installing latches on cabinets ) . CONCLUSIONS Educational baby books appear to be an easy and low-cost way to increase the safety practices of new mothers , especially if the practices involve little to no time , money , or hassle .
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Intervention_Other
educational baby books
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Intervention_Other
educational book group
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Intervention_Other
noneducational book group
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Intervention_Control
no-book group
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Outcome_Mental
new mothers ' safety practices
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Outcome_Mental
low-income , first-time mothers ' safety practices
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Outcome_Mental
safety practices
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Outcome_Mental
fewer risks in their homes
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safety practices
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Outcome_Mental
practices
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Outcome_Mental
little time or expense
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Participant_Condition
Primiparous
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Participant_Sex
women
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Participant_Sample-size
167