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CHANGING PROTECTIVE AND RISKY BEHAVIORS TO PREVENT CHILD‐TO‐PARENT TRANSMISSION OF CYTOMEGALOVIRUS
Author(s) -
Finney Jack W.,
Miller Kathryn M.,
Adler Stuart P.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of applied behavior analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1938-3703
pISSN - 0021-8855
DOI - 10.1901/jaba.1993.26-471
Subject(s) - cytomegalovirus , transmission (telecommunications) , intervention (counseling) , psychology , cytomegalovirus infections , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , medicine , human cytomegalovirus , psychiatry , immunology , herpesviridae , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , virus , viral disease , electrical engineering , engineering
Child‐to‐parent transmission of cytomegalovirus may be reduced by increasing protective behaviors (handwashing and glove use) and decreasing risky behaviors (intimate contact between child and parent). This study showed that an educational intervention resulted in increases in reported and objective measures of protective behaviors and decreases in reported risky behaviors. Further study must determine if changes in protective and risky behavior are maintained and prevent cytomegalovirus transmission.