CHILD SAFETY COGNIZANCE AND TUTELAGE - A MIXED STYLE.
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Keywords
Childhood, Domestic, Injury, Toddler
Abstract
Background: “Children are a heritage” according to the biblical scripture. Worldwide, safety mishaps claim the lives of one in five children .
Objective: This study was intended to answer the research problem ,“What are the Child Safety perspectives among mothers with toddlers?”. Since information has always had an impact on parental knowledge, a session of tutoring was believed to reform the parental apprehension.
Methods: A mixed method research employing Exploratory Sequential Design included an in-depth interview among 5 mothers which aided in preparation of the educational material and there after a “child safety session” among 60 mothers of toddlers between 1-3 years of age . Samples were selected using non-probability methods. The study was conducted at Institute of Child Health and Hospital for Children, Chennai . A self-structured questionnaire with 17 questions was used . The approval of the institutional ethical committee has been obtained prior to commencement of the study.
Results: Three themes emerged at the end of the thematic analysis such as, Monitoring, Knowledge and Fear. The mothers had significant increase in knowledge scores, before and after the sessions . Significant association (p>0.05) of knowledge with mother’s age, working status and Mother’s education was similar as some Asian studies.
Conclusion: Safety precautions and remaining knowledgeable about child safety helps prevention of domestic accidents among children .
Implication : Health care professionals should insist the awareness and sensitization programs on supporting domestic child safety.
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Grace Anita Samuel
Post Graduate , College of Nursing, Madras Medical College, Chennai-03. (Affiliated to the Tamilnadu Dr.MGR Medical University, (G.A)
Shankar Shanmugam Rajendran
Principal, HOD Dept of Paediatric Nursing, College of Nursing, Madras Medical College, Chennai. (Affiliated to the Tamilnadu Dr.MGR Medical University, Chennai).(S.S.R)
Kannan Kasinathan
Assistant Professor, Dept of Paediatric Nursing,College of Nursing, Madras Medical College, Chennai-03. (Affiliated to the Tamilnadu Dr.MGR Medical University, Chennai).
Kavitha Ethiraj
Post Graduate, College of Nursing, Madras Medical College, Chennai-03. (Affiliated to the Tamilnadu Dr.MGR Medical University, Chennai)..
Abisha Mary Antony Johnson Kennady
Post Graduate , College of Nursing, Madras Medical College, Chennai-03. (Affiliated to the Tamilnadu Dr.MGR Medical University, Chennai). (A.M).
Gayathri Kannadasan
Post Graduate , College of Nursing, Madras Medical College, Chennai-03. (Affiliated to the Tamilnadu Dr.MGR Medical University, Chennai). 952439.jj@gmailcom, (G.K).
Winston Thomas
Assistant Professor, Institute of Child Health and Hospital for Children, Madras Medical College, Chennai (Affiliated to the Tamilnadu Dr.MGR Medical University, Chennai).