Infant activity and sleep behaviors in a maternal and infant home visiting project among rural, southern, African American women

Table 1 Delta Healthy Sprouts child activity knowledge and beliefs questionnaire items and responses

Item	Question^c	Baseline^a		Study End^b		Change
Item	Question^c	n	%	n	%	n₁^d	n₂^e	P ^f
2a	It is OK to put a baby to sleep on his/her tummy. [F]	58	70.7	44	97.8	29	1	< 0.001
2b	It is OK to keep a baby less than 6 months old in a car seat or bouncy seat for most of the day. [F]	68	82.9	40	88.9	5	5	1.000
2c	Giving a baby tummy time (e.g. time on his/her tummy) should begin by 1 month of age. [T]	38	46.3	43	95.6	22	1	< 0.001
2d	A baby less than 12 months of age needs daily physical activity. [T]	67	81.7	41	91.1	8	2	0.058

^aGestational month 4 visit; number and percent of participants who chose correct response, N = 82
^bPostnatal month 12 visit; number and percent of participants who chose correct response, N = 45
^cLetter in brackets indicates correct response to statement; F = false and T = true
^dNumber of participants who chose incorrect response at baseline and correct response at study end (positive change)
^eNumber of participants who chose correct response at baseline and incorrect response at study end (negative change)
^fP-values for McNemar’s test of symmetry for changes from baseline to study end. Bonferroni corrected significance level of α =0.013 used

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