Prevalence of each safety problem by intervention at each assessment
| Attention-control group (%)† | Safety intervention group (%)† | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Safety categories | Baseline | Six-month follow-up | Twelve-month follow-up | Baseline | Six-month follow-up | Twelve-month follow-up |
| Fire/electricity safety | ||||||
| Exposed wires | 10.8 | 5.6 | 12.4 | 9.2 | 0 | 7.6 |
| Non-covered outlets | 70.1 | 72.3 | 70.1 | 71.4 | 72.3 | 61.9 |
| Lack of working smoke detector on each floor | 8.1 | 8.1 | 9.1 | 8.1 | 3.8 | 5.7 |
| Fall prevention | ||||||
| Lack of stair gate (homes with stairs/toddler <24 months)* | 64.9 | 73.7 | 75.0 | 51.4 | 60.0 | 0 |
| Dangerous balcony or porch | 4.7 | 2.4 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Unsafe outside handrails, steps or stairs | 6.8 | 2.4 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
| Poison control and others | ||||||
| Lack of child-resistant latches on cabinets for cleaning supplies or medications storage | 67.4 | 54.4 | 61.5 | 60.9 | 31.5 | 51.4 |
| Chipped or peeled paint by finger scraping | 17.6 | 11.1 | 7.1 | 21.1 | 14.3 | 3.7 |
| Page-size peeling paint or broken plaster | 3.1 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 |
*The prevalence of ‘lack of stair gate’ was assessed only among mother–toddler dyads with stairs and with toddlers <24 months (n=131 baseline, 53, 6 months, and 9, 12 months).
†No group difference in frequency was found for each specific safety item (ps>0.10).