Effect of Educational Guidelines on Newly Mother's Knowledge and Practices regarding Behavioral Problems of Children | ||||
Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
Article 1, Volume 13, Issue 4, December 2022, Page 1-12 PDF (583.7 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2022.257848 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Donia Elsaid Fathi Zaghamir1; Manal Mohamed Ahmed Ayed2; Fatma Mohamed El swerky3; Ebtsam Salah shalaby salama4; Silvia Farouk Shalaby5; Sara Sayed Abdalla6 | ||||
1Pediatric Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, PortSaid University | ||||
2Pediatric Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Sohag University, Egypt | ||||
3Lecturer of Family & Community Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Port Said University | ||||
4Mental Health & Psychiatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University | ||||
5Assistant professor of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University | ||||
6Child and Adolescents health nursing, Faculty of Nursing, British University in Egypt | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Children in the age group of 5 to 14 years constitute 30% of the total population. Children undergo a dynamic period of physical, mental, emotional, and social changes. These changes influence the child's overall development, specifically the academic and social outcomes. The aim was to evaluate the effect of educational guidelines on newly mothers' knowledge, practices regarding behavioral problems of children. Subjects and method: Design: A quasi-experimental research design was utilized to achieve the aim of this study. Setting: the study was conducted in the pediatric outpatient clinic at Mansoura University Hospital. Subjects: A purposive sample of 50 newly mothers were included. Three tools were used: Tool (I) an interview questionnaire, Tool (II) mothers ' knowledge regarding behavioral problems of children (pre/post), and Tool (III) mothers ' practice regarding behavioral problems of children (pre/post). Results: The study result showed that newly mothers' levels of knowledge regarding behavioral problems of children and practice have dramatically improved after the implementation of the educational guidelines with statistically significant differences between pre-post educational guidelines implementation. There were statistically significant relations between newly mothers' level of knowledge regarding behavioral problems of children and practice. Conclusion: The present study concluded that educational guidelines implementation had a positive effect on improving newly mothers' knowledge and practices regarding behavioral problems of children. Recommendations: The study recommended educational guidelines regarding behavioral problems of children should be conducted, discussed, integrated into the educational programs, and taught to the newly mothers using the booklet and illustrated pamphlets for each one to improve their knowledge and practices. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Behavioral problems of children; Educational guidelines; knowledge and practice; newly mothers | ||||
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