Understanding Barriers for Communicating Injury Prevention Messages and Strategies Moving Forward: Perspectives from Community Stakeholders

Abstract

The results of this study provide an in-depth exploration of direct care providers perceptions that can inform the design of materials and dissemination strategies to help increase and optimize access to injury prevention information. Injury prevention messages should be action-oriented, specifically tailored to the stage of child development, and disseminated through both face-to-face interactions and mobile technology.

Preventing unintentional home injuries among children: exploring the perceptions of Iranian health professionals

“…These results support previous studies (Cohen and Runyan, 1999;Lupton et al, 2000;Kendrick et al, 2003;Mack et al, 2016). Moreover, findings from international studies are compatible with our results regarding inadequate funding, time constraints, poor teamwork, lack of confidence, personal experience, and lack of a single source of information and training materials as other influential factors (Cohen and Runyan, 1999;Gielen et al, 1997;Lupton et al, 2000;Peltzer, 2001;Woods, 2006;Mack et al, 2016). The role of policymakers in supporting this group in terms of training as well as legislative and engineering measures has been emphasised by other authors (Woods, 2006).…”

“…Similarly, the number of duties in their role was perceived as another challenge as injury prevention was placed ancillary to other responsibilities. These results support previous studies (Cohen and Runyan, 1999;Lupton et al, 2000;Kendrick et al, 2003;Mack et al, 2016). Moreover, findings from international studies are compatible with our results regarding inadequate funding, time constraints, poor teamwork, lack of confidence, personal experience, and lack of a single source of information and training materials as other influential factors (Cohen and Runyan, 1999;Gielen et al, 1997;Lupton et al, 2000;Peltzer, 2001;Woods, 2006;Mack et al, 2016).…”

“…Health professionals (HPs) are stakeholders whose role in terms of preventing injuries is affected by injury prevention policies (Freeman, 1984; Mack et al , 2016). HPs work in different sectors of a health system and can undertake a variety of activities for injury prevention.…”

The Difficulty of Prevention

“…One of the main barriers to a HCP discussing injury prevention is if this topic is their primary role or an ancillary one. 5 Additionally, parents can become defensive when they are told to shift priorities. In this example, a parent may become easily frustrated that information on injury prevention is placed on a similar level to other health issues.…”

“…Multiple barriers for injury prevention have been discussed in the literature [3][4][5] and are found for both patients 6-10 and HCPs. 5,11 Barriers for Patients Active engagement of injury prevention for patients can be affected by multiple factors. Limited resources, misunderstanding or misinformation, and living conditions are all issues that create barriers to adherence.…”