Effect of a model-based educational program for mothers, on home-related injury prevention among under-five-year children in rural Twiserkan, Iran

Children under 5 years of age are most vulnerable in terms of home-related injuries. As a majority of these injuries are predictable and preventable, it is important to design preventive intervention programs that can be utilized as models of health education. The aim of this study was to determine...

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Main Authors: Maryam Afshari, Abbas Moghimbeigi, Seyed Mohammad Mahdi-Hazavehei, Forouzan Rezapur-Shahkolai
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Published: Hacettepe University Institute of Child Health 2017-12-01
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Online Access:https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/1047
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description Children under 5 years of age are most vulnerable in terms of home-related injuries. As a majority of these injuries are predictable and preventable, it is important to design preventive intervention programs that can be utilized as models of health education. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of an educational program, using the PRECEDE model, for rural mothers, on home-related injury prevention among under-five-year old children. This quasi-experimental study was conducted on 72 mothers, with at least one under-five-year old child, in the rural areas of Twiserkan (Toyserkan) County in Iran. The intervention and control groups (36 participants in each), were interviewed in pre/post-test study by trained interviewers, using the questionnaire. The intervention group participated in four educational sessions. The questionnaire included the questions on demographic information, mothers` beliefs and caring in relation to child-injury prevention, based on the PRECEDE model and focusing on predisposing factors (knowledge and attitudes), enabling factors; reinforcing factors; and mothers` preventive behaviors. According to the results of the study, the mean scores of predisposing factors (knowledge), enabling and reinforcing factors and also mothers` behaviors on injury prevention, did not have significant differences between two groups before intervention, whereas they had significant differences after intervention. This study showed that the educational program, using the PRECEDE model, can be effective on promoting knowledge and performances of mothers in relation to home-related injury prevention among their under-five-year old children.
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spelling doaj-art-ac1f4bd76a6f4ae889fb5a2d1ded72e22025-08-20T02:01:55ZengHacettepe University Institute of Child HealthThe Turkish Journal of Pediatrics0041-43012791-64212017-12-0159610.24953/turkjped.2017.06.005Effect of a model-based educational program for mothers, on home-related injury prevention among under-five-year children in rural Twiserkan, IranMaryam Afshari0Abbas MoghimbeigiSeyed Mohammad Mahdi-HazaveheiForouzan Rezapur-ShahkolaiDepartment of Public Health, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran. Children under 5 years of age are most vulnerable in terms of home-related injuries. As a majority of these injuries are predictable and preventable, it is important to design preventive intervention programs that can be utilized as models of health education. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of an educational program, using the PRECEDE model, for rural mothers, on home-related injury prevention among under-five-year old children. This quasi-experimental study was conducted on 72 mothers, with at least one under-five-year old child, in the rural areas of Twiserkan (Toyserkan) County in Iran. The intervention and control groups (36 participants in each), were interviewed in pre/post-test study by trained interviewers, using the questionnaire. The intervention group participated in four educational sessions. The questionnaire included the questions on demographic information, mothers` beliefs and caring in relation to child-injury prevention, based on the PRECEDE model and focusing on predisposing factors (knowledge and attitudes), enabling factors; reinforcing factors; and mothers` preventive behaviors. According to the results of the study, the mean scores of predisposing factors (knowledge), enabling and reinforcing factors and also mothers` behaviors on injury prevention, did not have significant differences between two groups before intervention, whereas they had significant differences after intervention. This study showed that the educational program, using the PRECEDE model, can be effective on promoting knowledge and performances of mothers in relation to home-related injury prevention among their under-five-year old children. https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/1047child injurychild safety promotionchildren less than five years oldhealth educationrural areas
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Effect of a model-based educational program for mothers, on home-related injury prevention among under-five-year children in rural Twiserkan, Iran
The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics
child injury
child safety promotion
children less than five years old
health education
rural areas
title Effect of a model-based educational program for mothers, on home-related injury prevention among under-five-year children in rural Twiserkan, Iran
title_full Effect of a model-based educational program for mothers, on home-related injury prevention among under-five-year children in rural Twiserkan, Iran
title_fullStr Effect of a model-based educational program for mothers, on home-related injury prevention among under-five-year children in rural Twiserkan, Iran
title_full_unstemmed Effect of a model-based educational program for mothers, on home-related injury prevention among under-five-year children in rural Twiserkan, Iran
title_short Effect of a model-based educational program for mothers, on home-related injury prevention among under-five-year children in rural Twiserkan, Iran
title_sort effect of a model based educational program for mothers on home related injury prevention among under five year children in rural twiserkan iran
topic child injury
child safety promotion
children less than five years old
health education
rural areas
url https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/1047
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