The effect of training prevention of children's home accidents using group discussion focused on mothers to improve the safety of houses in rural community Download PDF

Background and Objective: Household events are disasters that occur in the home or in the surrounding area, causing a recognizable injury. Children are vulnerable groups in most of the events due to their specific physical, psychological and behavioral characteristics and game patterns and living in an environment where adults have made for themselves. Therefore, the present study was carried out to investigate the effect of training prevention of children's home accidents using group discussion focused on mothers to improve the safety of houses in rural community. Materials and Methods: This is a pre-and post-quasi experimental study. The statistical population consisted of mothers with children aged 6 months to 6 years covered by health centers in Zabol. The research sample consisted of 40 mothers with a child aged 6 months to 6 years who were covered by Akbar Abad health home in Zabol, who had inclusion criteria. The used instruments were mother’s demographic characteristics and home security investigation checklist.At first, the data were collected using a household security checklist by observation method at home visits. After assessing the safety of homes with a checklist and identifying the weaknesses and strengths of homes, the training was organized through a focused group discussion in 6 sessions for mothers. Then, after 2 months, the home security status was re-evaluated and compared with the results before the intervention. The data were analyzed using SPSS version 20 and descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation and frequency) and inferential statistics (t-test, independent t-test and ANOVA) were used for statistical analysis. P <0.05 was considered significant. Results: In terms of home safety dimensions, after the intervention, the safety of the home increased significantly, so that the mean scores of kitchen safety was increased from 8.60 to 12.72 (P <0.001), room safety from 4.5 To 6.17 (P <0.001), stairway and ladder safety from 4.20 to 4.45 (P = 0.11), safety of balcony, yard, parking and roof from 10.5 to 27.7 (P <0/001), bath safety increased from 4.22 to 5.5 (P <0.001) and overall home safety increased from 26.26 to 35.77 (P <0.001). Conclusion: Based on this study, the use of mothers' trainingusing group discussion focused on home safety improvement is effective. Therefore, considering the role of home safety in preventing home accidents, educating (training) and informing mothers using a focused group discussion is suggested as a strategy for preventing accidents in children.