Mothers' Preventive Measures for Preschool Children Home Accidents | ||||
| Tanta Scientific Nursing Journal | ||||
| Volume 37, Issue 2, May 2025 PDF (1.24 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/tsnj.2025.434596 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Sahar Shaaban Ali1; Amal Ibrahim Fouad2; Nadia Ahmed El-Adham3 | ||||
| 1Demonstrator of Community Health Nursing- Faculty of Nursing, Fayoum University | ||||
| 2Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Fayoum University | ||||
| 3Assistant professor of Family and Community Health Nursing -Faculty of Nursing -Damietta University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Home accidents are becoming more widely acknowledged as a public health concern that can be prevented with more knowledge, safe behaviors, and home environment enhancements. Aim: to assess the mothers' preventive measures for preschool children home accidents. Design: A descriptive study. Setting: The study was carried out in the pediatric outpatient clinic at Fayoum General Hospital. Sample: A Convenience sample of 150 mothers who have children aged from 3-6 years. Tool: Two tools were used for data collection, 1st tool was an interviewing questionnaire. consists of 3 parts: part 1, mothers' demographic data, part 2, mothers' knowledge about home accidents and its prevention, part 3, mothers' practice about home accidents and its prevention. 2nd tool: Likert scale (1932) to assess mothers' attitudes about home accidents and its prevention. Results: The findings revealed that (32%) of all studied samples reported satisfactory knowledge regarding home accidents prevention, (39.3% ) of all studied samples had acceptable practice regarding home accidents prevention, while (34.7%) of mothers hold a positive attitude towards home accidents prevention. Conclusion: A significant positive correlation is observed between knowledge and practice scores, and a strong positive correlation is found between attitude and practice scores. Recommendation: Enhancing mothers' awareness about safety measures and first aid to ensure a safe home environment. | ||||
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