Choking Prevention in Toddlers

Paper Summary:

The paper discusses the need for more parental awareness on the dangers of choking among children ages 1 to 4. It recommends that health care administrators and agencies use the health belief model as a routine tool for educating parents about the potential dangers associated with toddler choking. It proposes that this model supplies ample information about choking prevention and can supply parents with the education they need to intervene in a choking situation. It also explores how adopting this model will help, not only promote awareness, but to educate parents about the specific strategies they can adopt to remove this hazard from their environment.

Outline:
Introduction
Prevention Need Toddlers
Health Promotion Model/Rationale for Selection
Significance of Study and Model
Recommendations

From the Paper:

"There is much support for the health belief model as an effective technique for educating parents and preventing choking in toddlers. Chew, Kim & Palmer (1998) conducts a longitudinal study promoting use of the health belief model for adapting nutrition behavior among motivated participants. Their results lend positive support for use of this model. Epstein et al. (1993) suggest that the health belief model is a theory driven model that provides positive findings in most cases. Further their research investigations suggest the health belief model is ideal for adapting behavior and promoting positive and compliant health related behavior among parents (Epstein et al. 1993)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• American Academy of Pediatrics. (1993, Sept). "First aid for the choking child." Pediatrics, 92(3): 477-79.
• Chew, F., Kim, S. & Palmer, S. (1998). "Testing the influence of the health belief model and a television program on nutrition behavior." Health Communication, 10(3): 227.
• Epstein, L., Johnson, S.B., Krasnegor, N.A. & Yaffe, S.J. (1993). Developmental aspects of health compliance behavior. Hillsdale: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
• Fenner, L. (1984). "Parents: Guard against food-related choking's." FDA Consumer, 18:21.
• Glanz, K., Rimer, B.K. & Lewis, F.M. (2002). Health behavior and health education. Theory, Research and Practice. San Francisco: Wiley and Sons.

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