AJCI, Cilt 4, Sayı 1 (2010)

HOME ACCIDENTS and MOTHERS MEASUREMENTS IN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN

Candan ÖZTÜRK, Hatice Yıldırım SARI, Murat BEKTAŞ, Ayfer ELÇİGİL

Özet


This study aims to specify incidents of home accidents in children and relevant factors and security measures taken by parents against home accidents. The study was carried out in four government pre-schools in İzmir, Turkey. We managed to get through the study with only 447 students out of 510 total (%87.6) as other students dropped out of the kindergartens for several reasons. Parental Information Form and Definitive Scale for Measurements Taken by Mothers Against Home Accidents for 0-6 Years Old Children were used in this study. 226 girls (50.6%) and 221 boys (49.4%), participated in the study with an average age of about 5.1 + 0.8. 36.5% of children (n=163) are reported to have had an accident. There appears to be a meaningful relationship between mothers’ educational status and incidents of accidents (p=.050) and fathers’ educational status and incidents of accidents has been observed (p=.002). There wasn’t statistically relationship among mothers age group (p=.430). It is highly suggested that parents of preschool children be educated on security measures and first aid in order to ensure a safe environment for children. Keyword: Home accident, preschool children, acciden prevention

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