Evaluating the Knowledge and Attitudes Individuals Applying to Family Health Centers Have Regarding Child Neglect and Abuse
Aim: The study aims to evaluate the knowledge and attitudes of adult individuals who’ve applied to family health centers (FHC) regarding child neglect and abuse. Materials and Methods: The study has been planned as a cross-sectional study and was conducted on 207 people aged 18 years and older who’v...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Istanbul University Press
2023-06-01
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| Series: | Çocuk Dergisi |
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| Online Access: | https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/25D676901BC34B79B8ACB6D71C657F84 |
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| Summary: | Aim: The study aims to evaluate the knowledge and attitudes of adult individuals who’ve applied to family health centers (FHC) regarding child neglect and abuse. Materials and Methods: The study has been planned as a cross-sectional study and was conducted on 207 people aged 18 years and older who’ve applied to family health centers (FHCs) between August 1 to September 15, 2019. The study uses a questionnaire consisting of 38 questions to gather information about the participants’ sociodemographic characteristics, as well as their attitudes and knowledge levels regrading child neglect and abuse. The last section of the study was prepared to measure the participants’ knowledge levels using 22 statements, with correct answers to the statements being scored as 1 point and incorrect answers as 0 points. Higher calculated scores are accepted to show higher knowledge level about child neglect and abuse. The Student’s t-test, oneway analysis of variance, Pearson correlation analysis, and chi-squared automatic interaction detection (CHAID) analysis were used for analyzing the data, with a p < 0.05 being considered statistically significant. Results: The mean age of the 207 participants included in the study is 38.61 years old (SD = 13.98), with 53.6% being male and 46.4% being female. To the question of “who is most suspected” in the abuse incident, 57% of the participants answered “from people they don’t know”. The mean score obtained from the last section, which had prepared 22 statements to measure the participants’ knowledge levels, was 15.17 (SD = 3.31). On the level of knowledge of individuals on child neglect and abuse; It was determined that education level and not having children were effective. Conclusion: More than half the participants were identified to likely suspect people they did not know in the event of abuse. Education level and not having children were determined to be the most important variables affecting individuals’ knowledge levels. |
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| ISSN: | 1308-8491 |