Background: Home injuries are a major health problem in children. They are the most common cause of death in children under 5 years of age. Every year they leave many thousands permanently disabled. Most of these accidents are preventable through increased awareness and improvements in the home environment.
Objectives: To assess mothers attitude about home related injuries among children younger than 5 years of age. Patients and methods: A cross-sectional study included 330 mothers conducted in health unit of Safour Village, Diarb Negm District, Sharqia Governorate. A predesigned validated questionnaire was administered to mothers who have children equal or less than five years old to assess the parent supervision attributes profile. Results: the result revealed that mothers have satisfactory score as regardsubscale of protectiveness,risk tolerance andsupervision beliefs respectively (84.8%, 74.5% and 72.2%). Conclusion: Mothers in Diarb Negm district have satisfactory supervision attribute as regards home injuries of their under five years children.
Bahaa Eldin, R. M., Hafez, A. M. I. A., & Ragab, H. M. (2022). Mothers Attributes and Supervision Behaviors Relevant to Child Injury. The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 86(1), 755-758. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2022.216039
MLA
Rasha Mohammed Bahaa Eldin; Abeer Mohammed Ibrahim Abdel Hafez; Hosnia Mohammed Ragab. "Mothers Attributes and Supervision Behaviors Relevant to Child Injury", The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 86, 1, 2022, 755-758. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2022.216039
HARVARD
Bahaa Eldin, R. M., Hafez, A. M. I. A., Ragab, H. M. (2022). 'Mothers Attributes and Supervision Behaviors Relevant to Child Injury', The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 86(1), pp. 755-758. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2022.216039
VANCOUVER
Bahaa Eldin, R. M., Hafez, A. M. I. A., Ragab, H. M. Mothers Attributes and Supervision Behaviors Relevant to Child Injury. The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2022; 86(1): 755-758. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2022.216039
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