A randomized trial evaluating child dog-bite prevention in rural China through video-based testimonials.
Objective: Dog-bite injuries pose significant threat to children globally. School-age children are especially at risk because of their insufficient safety knowledge and cognitively immature tendency toward low perceived vulnerability to bites, and this risk is elevated further for school-age childre...
| Publicado en: | Health Psychology Vol. 35; no. 5; pp. 454 - 465 |
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American Psychological Association
May2016
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