Parents' Perception and Behaviors regarding Child Safety Accidents
Child Health Nursing Research
;
: 91-100, 2017.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-127973
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this study was to investigate parents' perception and behaviors in the case of a child safety accident.METHODS:
The participants were 254 parents of children under 12 years old. Data were collected from October 12 to November 25, 2016 using self-report questionnaire.RESULTS:
The mean score for parental perception and behaviors showed a high score of 3.12±0.30. In addition, the top three categories were drug management (3.45±0.54), prevention of burns (3.34±0.52), and vehicle safety (3.34±0.44). The overall difference in categories of perception and behaviors about child safety accidents according to demographic characteristics of participants, was developmental age (F=5.616, p=.004). Most of the categories had significant correlation with other categories.CONCLUSION:
Findings in this study show parental perception and behaviors were relatively high. It is recommended that safety education for parents should be done for a healthy life for their children.
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Index:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Parents
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Burns
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Education
Limits:
Child
/
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Child Health Nursing Research
Year:
2017
Type:
Article
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