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BMC Public Health. 2014 Oct 21;14(1):1089. [Epub ahead of print]
Role of household factors in parental attitudes to pandemic influenza-related school closure in Japan: a cross-sectional study.
Uchida M, Kaneko M, Kawa S.
Abstract
BACKGROUND:
To investigate how household background factors affect parental behavior during pandemic influenza-related school closures, we determined associations between such factors and three parental attitudes: "caring for the child," "taking leave from work," and "permitting out-of-home activities."
METHODS:
A hypothetical pandemic influenza situation was presented and a questionnaire survey among households of 2146 schoolchildren from 6 schools was conducted. Odds ratios of background factors were estimated using univariate and multivariate logistic regression models.
RESULTS:
Responses pertaining to 1510 children indicated that junior high school (OR = 0.11), both parents working (OR = 0.03), and family including grandparent(s) or other relatives (OR = 7.50) were factors associated with "caring for the child," and elementary school (OR = 2.28), special education school (OR = 3.18), and both parents working (OR = 5.74) were associated with "taking leave from work." Having an older sibling (OR = 0.74) and awareness of the technical term for school closure (OR = 0.73) were factors associated with "permitting out-of-home activities."
CONCLUSION:
Not only work status but also other household factors may be associated with parental behaviors during pandemic influenza-related school closures.
PMID:
25330997
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Role of household factors in parental attitudes to pandemic influenza-related school closure in Japan: a cross-sectional study.
Uchida M, Kaneko M, Kawa S.
Abstract
BACKGROUND:
To investigate how household background factors affect parental behavior during pandemic influenza-related school closures, we determined associations between such factors and three parental attitudes: "caring for the child," "taking leave from work," and "permitting out-of-home activities."
METHODS:
A hypothetical pandemic influenza situation was presented and a questionnaire survey among households of 2146 schoolchildren from 6 schools was conducted. Odds ratios of background factors were estimated using univariate and multivariate logistic regression models.
RESULTS:
Responses pertaining to 1510 children indicated that junior high school (OR = 0.11), both parents working (OR = 0.03), and family including grandparent(s) or other relatives (OR = 7.50) were factors associated with "caring for the child," and elementary school (OR = 2.28), special education school (OR = 3.18), and both parents working (OR = 5.74) were associated with "taking leave from work." Having an older sibling (OR = 0.74) and awareness of the technical term for school closure (OR = 0.73) were factors associated with "permitting out-of-home activities."
CONCLUSION:
Not only work status but also other household factors may be associated with parental behaviors during pandemic influenza-related school closures.
PMID:
25330997
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Free full text
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25330997