Mothers’ Protective Measures toward their Children Against COVID-19 Pandemic.
Arafa Badr, E., Ebrahim Fouda, M., Hosny Elshater, M., Mohamed Arafa, N. (2021). Mothers’ Protective Measures toward their Children Against COVID-19 Pandemic.. EKB Journal Management System, 12(3), 1807-1824. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2021.228531
Eman Arafa Badr; Maha Ebrahim Fouda; Maha Hosny Elshater; Noha Mohamed Arafa. "Mothers’ Protective Measures toward their Children Against COVID-19 Pandemic.". EKB Journal Management System, 12, 3, 2021, 1807-1824. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2021.228531
Arafa Badr, E., Ebrahim Fouda, M., Hosny Elshater, M., Mohamed Arafa, N. (2021). 'Mothers’ Protective Measures toward their Children Against COVID-19 Pandemic.', EKB Journal Management System, 12(3), pp. 1807-1824. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2021.228531
Arafa Badr, E., Ebrahim Fouda, M., Hosny Elshater, M., Mohamed Arafa, N. Mothers’ Protective Measures toward their Children Against COVID-19 Pandemic.. EKB Journal Management System, 2021; 12(3): 1807-1824. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2021.228531

Mothers’ Protective Measures toward their Children Against COVID-19 Pandemic.

Egyptian Journal of Health Care
Article 112, Volume 12, Issue 3, September 2021, Page 1807-1824  XML PDF (1.29 MB)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2021.228531
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Authors
Eman Arafa Badr1; Maha Ebrahim Fouda2; Maha Hosny Elshater1; Noha Mohamed Arafa1
1Lecturer of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria Universityp, Alexandria, Egypt.
2Lecturer of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Damanhur University, El-Behera, Egypt.
Abstract
Background: Coronavirus Disease 19 (COVID 19) pandemic is a major public health crisis that has
harmed the well-being of children worldwide. Several protective measures have been recommended
to halt the spread of the viruses and its associated mortality especially for children. Aims: the study
aims to assess mothers’ protective measures toward their children from COVID-19 pandemic.
Subject and method: Design; A descriptive research design was used for this study. Setting: The
study was conducted at the Out-Patient Department of El-Raml Children’s Hospital (Wingat) at
Alexandria. Subjects: A convenient sample of 200 mothers having children from one to six years.
Tool: One tool was used for data collection: Mothers' protective measures to their children from
COVID-19 interview schedule. Results: the present study revealed that nearly two thirds of the
mothers (63%) have fair knowledge of the protective measures for their children against covid 19.
Moreover, 61.5 % of those mothers provided moderate protection level to their children from covid
19. Conclusion: the results of this study concluded that more than half of the mothers obtained fair
score of knowledge as well as moderate score of protective measures toward their children
regarding COVID-19 pandemic. Recommendations: The study highlights the need for an
educational program, workshops, and videos \booklets conducted for mothers to improve their
protective measures for their children regarding COVID-19 pandemic emphasizing the instructions
about steps of hand washing and how to wear and remove the mask.
Keywords
protective measures; children; COVID-19
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