A cross-sectional investigation on cognition and health education needs on child neglect among parents/carers to the preschool children in Guangdong Province
WANG Hong, JING Jin, FU Qin-Huai, XIAN Shao-Long, HOU Dan-Hong, ZENG Yu
Conghua College of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510925, China. jingjin@mail.sysu.edu.cn
Abstract:OBJECTIVE: To investigate the cognition and health education needs on child neglect among parents/carers to the preschool children in Guangdong Province. METHODS: A total of 621 parents/carers of preschool children aged 3-6 years from four cities (Dongguan, Huizhou, Zhongshan, and Foshan) in Guangdong Province completed self-designed questionnaires concerning the cognition and health education needs on child neglects. RESULTS: Only 5.4% of the parents/carers had a good knowledge of child neglect, and 55.9% had never heard about this term. About 90.5%-90.7%of the surveyed parents/carers were willing to learn more about child neglect and 94.6%-97.4% of them agreed that education on child neglect was necessary. It was found that normal brochures, books, newspapers, and magazines were the preferred way of education for parents/carers (77.0%); also nearly half of the parents/carers welcomed courses (55.6%) or lectures (49.1%). Most of them believed that awareness raising activities should be carried out in kindergarten (70.5%), public places (61.4%) or by providing collective training for teachers in kindergarten (59.6%). CONCLUSIONS: Most parents/carers of preschool children in Guangdong Province have a poor knowledge of child neglect. Efforts should be made to strengthen awareness raising activities on this topic via appropriate pathways.
WANG Hong,JING Jin,FU Qin-Huai et al. A cross-sectional investigation on cognition and health education needs on child neglect among parents/carers to the preschool children in Guangdong Province[J]. CJCP, 2011, 13(12): 981-984.
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