TY - JOUR
T1 - Advice From Bereaved Parents
T2 - On Forming Partnerships for Injury Prevention
AU - Girasek, Deborah C.
PY - 2005/4
Y1 - 2005/4
N2 - We set out to learn whether, and how, parents of children who were fatally injured want to collaborate with injury prevention professionals. In this exploratory study, interviews were conducted with parents who had been identified through medical examiner files. Only a small minority of those we contacted chose to participate. The six mothers and five fathers who did felt that survivors should be offered such opportunities. They suggested waiting, however, at least a year before approaching parents. Our interviewees endorsed medical examiner's offices, health care providers, and police as legitimate avenues for identifying potential partners. They suggested that contact should first be made by mail. Professionals were encouraged to be sensitive, responsive, and realistic regarding the limits of our science. From a practical perspective, safety experts' contacts and political savvy appealed to respondents. Parents also expressed the need for coaching, and gentle understanding of the pain they live with every day.
AB - We set out to learn whether, and how, parents of children who were fatally injured want to collaborate with injury prevention professionals. In this exploratory study, interviews were conducted with parents who had been identified through medical examiner files. Only a small minority of those we contacted chose to participate. The six mothers and five fathers who did felt that survivors should be offered such opportunities. They suggested waiting, however, at least a year before approaching parents. Our interviewees endorsed medical examiner's offices, health care providers, and police as legitimate avenues for identifying potential partners. They suggested that contact should first be made by mail. Professionals were encouraged to be sensitive, responsive, and realistic regarding the limits of our science. From a practical perspective, safety experts' contacts and political savvy appealed to respondents. Parents also expressed the need for coaching, and gentle understanding of the pain they live with every day.
KW - advocacy
KW - bereaved parents
KW - injury prevention
KW - survivors
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=21444451163&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1524839903258226
DO - 10.1177/1524839903258226
M3 - Article
C2 - 15855291
AN - SCOPUS:21444451163
SN - 1524-8399
VL - 6
SP - 207
EP - 213
JO - Health Promotion Practice
JF - Health Promotion Practice
IS - 2
ER -