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KMID : 0379720110250010084
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Journal of Korean Community Health Nursing Academic Society
2011 Volume.25 No. 1 p.84 ~ p.94
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Effect of the Early Childhood Health Care Education Program for Parents in Child Care Centers
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Kim Il-Ok
Kim Young-Hea
Park Jong-Sook
Kim Shin-Jeong
Oh Sang-Eun
Jang Gun-Ja
Yang Eun-Young
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop a parents education program for early childhood health care and to measure its effects.
Methods: This study was a quasi experimental study following a pretest-posttest design model. The subjects were 264 parents who had children aged 0-5 years in 7 rural districts or in the city. The content of this program was child development and management, and the management for health and disease for and emergency care. Parent education was performed by 7 nursing professors in each area, including 2 education sessions. Data were twice collected using a questionnaire, i.e. before the first session and after the second session. Data were analyzed by using the SAS software version 9.1.
Result: The hypothesis of this study was that "the parents’ score will improve after education". Our hypothesis was supported (t=7.30, p=<.0001). We found corelation in occupation and past experience of similar education. The contentment of education was higher than 90%.
Conclusion: The systematic parents education program was very useful and effective, in raising the level of contentment of subjects. There is the needed for the social opportunity of parents’ education program to be extended and emphasised by public support.
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KEYWORD
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Parent education, Health education, Child care center
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