Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of the medical center staff and parents of children at the pediatric clinic surveyed just before and 10 months after the NHZ intervention was implemented.

	Medical Center Staff		Parents in Pediatric Clinics
	Pre-NHZ group (n = 2326)	Post-NHZ group (n = 623)	Pre-NHZ group (n = 225)	Post-NHZ group (n = 180)
Female	84.7	86.8	76.1	81.0
White	83.5	84.2	86.7	88.9
Parent	65.4	66.2	100.0	100.0
Age
Age 18–35	31.7	23.0***	48.1	36.1*
Age 36–55	48.6	50.2	50.0	60.1*
Age 55+	19.8	26.8***	1.9	3.3
Education
No college degree	36.6	30.1**	52.1	55.0
College graduate	48.4	47.5	37.8	28.3*
Professional degree	15.0	22.4***	10.0	16.7*
Direct care position in medical center	54.5	54.4	--	--

Note: Asterisks indicate significant pre/post group differences using t tests. Comparison for White includes Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, and Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander.

^*p < .05;

^**p < .01;

^***p < .001.