Kathryn L Moseley1, Gary L Freed, Susan D Goold. 1. Division of General Pediatrics, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0456, USA. klmosele@med.umich.edu
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Parents consult other child health information sources in addition to the pediatrician. There are little data describing which of these sources parents are likely to follow. METHODS: The authors surveyed 543 parents of patients in 6 pediatric practices in southeast Michigan shortly after an office visit to determine the degree to which parents report following advice from 7 common child health sources on a scale from 1 (don't follow at all) to 7 (follow completely). RESULTS: Pediatrician advice was more completely followed than other sources with mothers a distant second. Although 96% of parents used the Internet to find child health information, few followed most of the advice found there. White parents were 3 times more likely than African Americans to follow advice from television and newspapers. CONCLUSION: Parents rely on child health advice from the pediatrician and their mother. Other sources are consulted but not widely followed.
BACKGROUND: Parents consult other child health information sources in addition to the pediatrician. There are little data describing which of these sources parents are likely to follow. METHODS: The authors surveyed 543 parents of patients in 6 pediatric practices in southeast Michigan shortly after an office visit to determine the degree to which parents report following advice from 7 common child health sources on a scale from 1 (don't follow at all) to 7 (follow completely). RESULTS: Pediatrician advice was more completely followed than other sources with mothers a distant second. Although 96% of parents used the Internet to find child health information, few followed most of the advice found there. White parents were 3 times more likely than African Americans to follow advice from television and newspapers. CONCLUSION: Parents rely on child health advice from the pediatrician and their mother. Other sources are consulted but not widely followed.
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