Identification of household dangers by parents from adult versus child visual perspective

Background: this study utilized videos from a child’s and an adult’s perspective to determinewhether perspective influences the number of hazards identified by parents.methods: the study measured number of household dangers parents’ identified. parents (n=106)were randomized to view either the child or adult perspective videos. groups did not differ withrespect to median age (p=0.51), education (p=0.55), or number of children living at home(p=0.64).results: median number of hazards identified in the bedroom was 3 for participants watchingvideos taken at either adult or child perspective (p=0.32). parents viewing child perspectivevideos of the kitchen identified significantly more hazards (median=4) than parents viewing adultperspective videos (median=3) (p=0.0001).conclusions: although video height (perspective) did not influence the number of hazardsidentified in the bedroom, parents who observed the kitchen video taken at a child’s heightidentified more hazards than those viewing a video at adult height.