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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS kCR0xlGp. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. 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 low-income 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 guidance to parents ; 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<. general environmental health self-efficacy of risk-specific precaution adoption subscales and conclusions. the intervention yielded significant improvements in both outcomes. this evidence supported need for a policy discussion addressing added value that broadbased public nurse interventions might bring to children health.>
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