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Effectiveness of a household environmental health intervention delivered by rural public health nurses

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  • Butterfield, P.G.
  • Hill, W.
  • Postma, J.
  • Butterfield, P.W.
  • Odom-Maryon, T.

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Objectives: Parents need meaningful and actionable information if they are to reduce household environmental health risks to their children. To address this issue, we tested the effectiveness of a multi-risk social/cognitive intervention on rural lowincome parents' (1) environmental health self-efficacy and (2) stage of environmental health precautionary adoption. Methods: Biomarker (lead, cotinine) and household samples (carbon monoxide, radon, mold/mildew, and drinking water contaminants) were collected from 235 families (399 adults, 441 children) in Montana and Washington states. Families were randomly assigned to intervention or control groups; intervention families received 4 visits from public health nurses who provided tailored information and guidancetoparents; controls received usual and customary public health services. Results: At 3 months, the intervention group had significantly higher scores on (1) all 6 risk-specific self-efficacy subscales (P

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  • Butterfield, P.G. & Hill, W. & Postma, J. & Butterfield, P.W. & Odom-Maryon, T., 2011. "Effectiveness of a household environmental health intervention delivered by rural public health nurses," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 101(SUPPL. 1), pages 262-270.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2011.300164_9
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300164
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    1. Kathleen M. Gray, 2018. "From Content Knowledge to Community Change: A Review of Representations of Environmental Health Literacy," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(3), pages 1-17, March.
    2. Kathryn S. Tomsho & Erin Polka & Stacey Chacker & David Queeley & Marty Alvarez & Madeleine K. Scammell & Karen M. Emmons & Rima E. Rudd & Gary Adamkiewicz, 2022. "Characterizing the Environmental Health Literacy and Sensemaking of Indoor Air Quality of Research Participants," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(4), pages 1-16, February.
    3. Fangcao Lu & Carlos King Ho Wong & Emily Tsui Yee Tse & Amy Pui Pui Ng & Lanlan Li & Joyce Sau Mei Lam & Laura Bedford & Daniel Yee Tak Fong & Patrick Ip & Cindy Lo Kuen Lam, 2023. "The Impact of a Health Empowerment Program on Self-Care Enablement and Mental Health among Low-Income Families: Evidence from a 5 Year Cohort Study in Hong Kong," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(6), pages 1-16, March.

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