Unintentional injury represents a significant health threat to young children worldwide, with infancy marking a particularly vulnerable stage of development. The current study identified parents’ home safety practices at two stages of development during infancy (sitting versus walking independently), with a focus on six common injury threats: burns, cuts, falls, drowning, poisoning and suffocation/strangulation/choking. This study also examined associations between these practices and parents’ beliefs about their infant’s vulnerability for injury, potential severity of injury, and need for supervision, as well as parents’ tolerance for their children’s risk taking and extent of protectiveness. A home-safety interview and measures assessing injury beliefs were administered to 146 parents of infants. Results revealed that the nature and frequency of parents’ safety precautions varied based on infant mobility status and type of injury. Different injury beliefs were associated with implementing these precautions at each motor development stage. Implications for developing safety messages to promote parents’ injury prevention strategies are discussed.

意外伤害对全世界的幼儿构成了重大的健康威胁，婴儿期标志着一个特别脆弱的发展阶段。目前的研究确定了父母在婴儿期的两个发展阶段（坐着还是独立行走）的家庭安全实践，重点关注六种常见的伤害威胁：烧伤、割伤、跌倒、溺水、中毒和窒息/勒死/窒息。本研究还检查了这些做法与父母对婴儿易受伤害、潜在伤害严重程度和监督需要的信念之间的关联，以及父母对孩子冒险的容忍度和保护程度。对 146 名婴儿的父母进行了家庭安全访谈和评估伤害信念的措施。结果显示，父母安全预防措施的性质和频率因婴儿的活动能力和受伤类型而异。不同的伤害信念与在每个运动发育阶段实施这些预防措施有关。讨论了制定安全信息以促进父母的伤害预防策略的影响。