Promoting Safe Sleep, Tobacco Cessation, and Breastfeeding to Rural Women During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Quasi-Experimental Study

Autor: Carolyn R Ahlers-Schmidt, Christy Schunn, Ashley M Hervey, Maria Torres, Jill Elizabeth V Nelson
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting, Vol 4, Iss 4, p e31908 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2561-6722
DOI: 10.2196/31908
Popis: BackgroundSafe Sleep Community Baby Showers address strategies to prevent sleep-related infant deaths. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, these events transitioned from in-person to virtual. ObjectiveThis study describes outcomes of transitioning Safe Sleep Community Baby Showers to a virtual format and compares outcomes to previous in-person events. MethodsParticipants from four rural Kansas counties were emailed the presurvey, provided educational materials (videos, livestream, or digital documents), and completed a postsurvey. Those who completed both surveys received a portable crib and wearable blanket. Within-group comparisons were assessed between pre- and postsurveys; between-group comparisons (virtual vs in-person) were assessed by postsurveys. ResultsBased on data from 145 in-person and 74 virtual participants, virtual participants were more likely to be married (P
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