Effects of an Infant/Toddler Health Program on Parenting Knowledge, Behavior, Confidence, and Home Environment in Low-income Mothers.
10.4040/jkan.2012.42.5.671
- Author:
Gyungjoo LEE
1
;
Soo YANG
;
Mi Heui JANG
;
Mijung YEOM
Author Information
1. College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA.
- Publication Type:Original Article ; English Abstract
- Keywords:
Infant;
Health;
Parenting;
Home;
Poverty
- MeSH:
Adult;
Behavior;
Child, Preschool;
Female;
First Aid;
Health Promotion;
Humans;
Infant;
Infant Welfare;
Infant, Newborn;
Interviews as Topic;
Male;
Mothers/*psychology;
Nutrition Assessment;
Parenting/*psychology;
Poverty;
Program Development;
Program Evaluation;
Self Efficacy
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
2012;42(5):671-679
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: This study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of a mother/infant-toddler health program developed to enhance parenting knowledge, behavior and confidence in low income mothers and home environment. METHODS: A one-group pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design was used. Sixty-nine dyads of mothers and infant-toddlers (aged 0-36 months) were provided with weekly intervention for seven session. Each session consisted of three parts; first, educating to increase integrated knowledge related to the development of the infant/toddler including nutrition, first aid and home environment; second, counseling to share parenting experience among the mothers and to increase their nurturing confidence; third, playing with the infant/toddler to facilitate attachment-based parenting behavior for the mothers. RESULTS: Following the programs, there were significant increases in parenting knowledge on nutrition and first aid. A significant improvement was found in attachment-based parenting behavior, but not in home safety practice. Nurturing confidence was not significantly increased. The program led to more positive home environment for infant/toddler's health and development. CONCLUSION: The findings provide evidence for mother-infant/toddler health program to improve parenting knowledge, attachment-based parenting behavior and better home environment in low income mothers. Study of the long term effectiveness of this program is recommended for future research.
