Tailoring a Home Supervision Intervention for Latinx Caregivers

Supervision Behavior

Caregivers will complete the Computerized Supervision Observation Measure (CSOM), which is a 20-minute observational measure of supervision that was created by Dr. Morrongiello (Morrongiello et al., 2010). The measure assesses the frequency with which caregivers verbally intervene to address risky child behavior (e.g., climbing on a dresser) as well as the type of verbal comment that they make (e.g., prohibitions, directives, or teaching comments). Each parent will view a videotape of a young child (same sex as their own) in a naturalistic home setting. The video will show a child moving throughout the home playing in different areas (living room, kitchen). Parent responses will be coded to rate the degree to which they respond effectively to children' engagement in risky behavior. Coding categories include: prohibitions or threats (e.g., don't do that"), directions or control statements (e.g., "you can put that over there") and teaching/explanations (e.g., "that's hot).

Parent Supervision Attributes Profile Questionnaire (PSAPQ)

The PSAPQ will be administered at baseline, immediately post-intervention, and at 1 month post-intervention. The PSAPQ is a measure of parents' supervision practices and beliefs (Morrongiello \& Corbett, 2006; Morrongiello \& House, 2004). It is comprised of 29 items organized into 4 subscales (protectiveness, supervision, tolerance for risk taking, and belief that fate determines a child's injury risk). Caregivers use a 5-point Likert scale (1= strongly disagree, 5 = strongly agree) to rate the extent to which they agree with items assessing their supervision attitudes and behaviors (e.g., I let my child take some chances in what he/she does; I have my child within reach at all times). The minimum score on the scale is 29, and the maximum score is 145. Higher scores indicate engagement in higher levels of supervision and greater beliefs about the importance of protecting children from injuries.

Injury Frequency Interview

The Injury Frequency Interview is a a structured interview that will be used to assess children' frequency of unintentional injuries throughout the study. An injury will be defined as any unintentional event that caused a physical injury that could be seen (e.g., bruise) or felt (e.g., sprain) by the child or caregiver for a minimum of 1 hour (cf. Morrongiello et al., 2004a). The interviews will be conducted during 5-minute weekly telephone calls that will be completed with caregivers who are enrolled in the study. Weekly reporting is appropriate because minor injuries are difficult to recall over a longer time period (Cummings et al., 2005). Caregivers will be provided with an injury recording sheet to assist with recall during the phone interviews. This study will assess minor injuries because medically attended injuries are a low base rate phenomena and research supports the validity of minor injury assessments as a proxy of more severe or medically attended injuries (Karazsia et a