Parents' Perception and Behaviors regarding Child Safety Accidents.
10.4094/chnr.2017.23.1.91
- Author:
Shin Jeong KIM
1
;
Jung Min LEE
;
Ji young MIN
Author Information
1. Department of Nursing, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Accidents;
Behavior;
Parents;
Perception;
Safety
- MeSH:
Burns;
Child*;
Education;
Humans;
Parents
- From:Child Health Nursing Research
2017;23(1):91-100
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
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.
