| Literature DB >> 35004428 |
Yun-Mi Cho, Sang-Gu Lee, Jung-Woo Kim, Na-Rae Kang, Min Sohn.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Study purpose was to describe the child safety injury experiences, injury prevention behaviors and educational needs of immigrant Vietnamese women on Jeju Island, and to explore associations among those factors.Entities:
Keywords: Behavior; Child; Immigrants; Safety; Vietnam
Year: 2019 PMID: 35004428 PMCID: PMC8650987 DOI: 10.4094/chnr.2019.25.4.367
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Child Health Nurs Res ISSN: 2287-9110
Characteristics of Immigrant Women (N=60)
| Characteristics | Categories | n (%) or M±SD |
|---|---|---|
| Age of women (year) | 28.2±5.5 | |
| Duration of residence in Korea (month) | 40.6±31.1 | |
| Duration of formal education (year)[ | 1~6 | 5 (8.8) |
| 7~9 | 16 (28.1) | |
| 10~12 | 27 (47.3) | |
| >12 | 9 (15.8) | |
| Occupational status[ | Yes | 11 (25.0) |
| No | 33 (75.0) | |
| Spouse's occupational status[ | Yes | 37 (97.4) |
| No | 1 (2.6) | |
| Family monthly income (10,000 won)[ | <220 | 27 (50.9) |
| 220~440 | 26 (49.1) | |
| Number of children | 1.5±0.6 | |
| Having young children | Yes | 41 (68.3) |
| No | 19 (31.7) | |
| Gender of the young child (n=41) | Male | 19 (46.3) |
| Female | 22 (53.7) | |
| Age of the young child (month) (n=41) | 34.3±31.8 | |
| Previous experience of injury prevention education | Yes | 31 (51.7) |
| No | 29 (48.3) | |
| Satisfied with the education (n=31) | Yes | 9 (29.0) |
| No | 22 (71.0) | |
| Main information source on child injury prevention (n=31) | Multicultural center | 7 (22.5) |
| Spouse | 6 (19.4) | |
| Television, radio, books | 6 (19.4) | |
| Hospitals or community health centers | 5 (16.1) | |
| Day care centers or schools | 3 (9.7) | |
| Immigrant women, friends | 3 (9.7) | |
| Korean women, friends | 1 (3.2) | |
| Experience of child safety injury[ | Yes | 30 (68.2) |
| No | 14 (31.8) |
Missing data were excluded from the data analysis.
Experience of Child Safety Injuries among Immigrant Women (N=30)
| Variables | Categories | n (%) |
|---|---|---|
| The age of the youngest child at the time of the accident (year) | <1 | 9 (30.0) |
| 1~3 | 13 (43.3) | |
| ≥4 | 2 (6.7) | |
| Missing | 6 (20.0) | |
| Place of the accident[ | House | 21 (47.7) |
| Nursery school, school | 8 (18.2) | |
| Shops | 4 (9.1) | |
| Leisure and play facilities | 4 (9.1) | |
| Street or pedestrian accidents | 2 (4.5) | |
| Others[ | 5 (11.4) | |
| Type of safety injury[ | Slip | 17 (43.6) |
| Hit | 7 (18.0) | |
| Fall | 5 (12.8) | |
| Burn | 3 (7.7) | |
| Cut | 2 (5.1) | |
| Others[ | 5 (12.8) | |
| Treatment type[ | Observation at home | 18 (56.2) |
| Emergency room visit | 6 (18.8) | |
| Outpatient visit to hospital | 6 (18.8) | |
| Operation | 1 (3.1) | |
| Hospitalization | 1 (3.1) | |
| Treatment period[ | One day | 20 (69.0) |
| Less than 1 week | 6 (20.8) | |
| 1~2 weeks | 1 (3.4) | |
| 2~4 weeks | 0 (0.0) | |
| 1~3 months | 1 (3.4) | |
| Dead | 0 (0.0) | |
| Others[ | 1 (3.4) |
Mutually not exclusive;
Hotels and restaurants (1), vehicles (1), cultural facilities and outdoor facilities (2), others (1);
Pressed or pinched (2), foreign body swallowing, aspiration (1), drug overdose (1), bitten (1), others (1);
6 months∼1 year (1).
Injury Prevention Behaviors of Immigrant Women (N=43)
| Variables | M±SD |
|---|---|
| Safety environment at home | 3.38±0.58 |
| I don't put furniture or objects near the window. | 3.57±0.77 |
| I keep safety covers on electrical outlets. | 3.60±0.70 |
| I always turn the faucet to cold water. | 3.40±1.03 |
| I attach a hand guard to the door. | 3.33±0.87 |
| I have applied anti-slip stickers on the bathroom or floor. | 3.00±1.10 |
| Safety materials at home | 3.68±0.46 |
| I keep medicines and detergents out of the reach of children. | 3.86±0.41 |
| I keep small food and objects out of reach of children. | 3.74±0.49 |
| All pieces of furniture have corner edge guards. | 3.56±0.80 |
| I buy children's items with KPS or KC marks for safety. | 3.56±0.67 |
| First aid | 3.34±0.84 |
| I have emergency supplies for firstaid at home. | 3.44±0.93 |
| I know and practice firstaid procedures and methods. | 3.23±1.02 |
| Total sum | 27.33±17.79 |
| Total mean | 3.48±0.51 |
KPS=Korea product safety; KC=Korea certification.
Needs for Educational Programs for Injury Prevention for Children (N=60)
| Variables | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Did the parent have education in the past? (yes) | 31 (51.7) |
| Satisfied with the education | 9 (29.0) |
| Neutral | 20 (64.5) |
| Dissatisfied with the education | 2 (6.5) |
| Do you think you need parental education on preventing safety injuries in children? (yes) | 57 (95.0) |
| How often do you need such a program?[ | |
| Once a year | 4 (7.1) |
| 1~2 times in 6 months | 16 (28.6) |
| 1~2 times per month | 23 (41.1) |
| Every week | 13 (23.2) |
| Others | 0 (0.0) |
| When do you need the program?[ | |
| Weekday mornings | 11 (20.0) |
| Weekday afternoons | 11 (20.0) |
| Weekday evenings | 1 (1.8) |
| Weekend mornings | 19 (34.5) |
| Weekend afternoons | 10 (18.2) |
| Weekend evenings | 3 (5.5) |
| How long do you need the program to be? (≤2 hours)[ | 50 (92.6) |
| What class size would be helpful? (small group of 20 or less)[ | 48 (90.6) |
| Preferred topics | |
| Methods to prevent and report sexual violence[ | 53 (98.1) |
| Creating a safe home environment[ | 54 (96.4) |
| Methods to prevent traffic accidents[ | 52 (96.3) |
| Methods to prevent kidnapping[ | 52 (96.3) |
| Methods to prevent and report child abuse[ | 52 (96.3) |
| Methods to prevent suffocation and foreign body aspiration[ | 49 (90.7) |
| Swallowing and poisoning from a harmful substance[ | 48 (90.6) |
| Burn prevention[ | 48 (90.6) |
| Drowning prevention[ | 48 (88.9) |
| Fall prevention[ | 47 (88.7) |
Missing data were excluded in the data analysis.
Association among Characteristics of Women, Injury Experience and Injury Prevention Behaviors (N=60)
| Variables | Categories | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
r ( | |||||||||||||
| Continuous variables | 1. Age of women | .35 (.007) | -.11 (.418) | .45 (.003) | .01 (.576) | 0.19 (.848) | 0.29 (.775) | 1.17 (.249) | 1.66 (.105) | 0.46 (.649) | 1.77 (.085) | 1.13 (.265) | 0.67 (.504) |
| 2. Duration of residence in Korea | - | .21 (.114) | .62 (<.001) | .15 (.342) | 0.05 (.964) | 1.37 (.175) | 4.19 (<.001) | 0.85 (.402) | 2.26 (.028) | 3.32 (.002) | 1.25 (.220) | 0.07 (.942) | |
| 3. Injury prevention behaviors | - | .08 (.641) | .14 (.361) | 2.41 (.021) | 0.43 (.668) | 1.63 (.110) | 0.04 (.971) | 0.58 (.562) | 0.10 (.925) | 5.97 (<.001) | 1.89 (.067) | ||
| 4. Youngest child age | - | -.17 (.288) | 1.39 (.173) | 1.51 (.139) | 1.16 (.256) | 0.15 (.880) | 1.61 (.116) | 4.16 (<.001) | 1.19 (.243) | 0.50 (.620) | |||
| 5. Number of children | - | 2.29 (.028) | 0.72 (.476) | 1.66 (.107) | 1.08 (.291) | 1.66 (.105) | 0.91 (.368) | 2.10 (.044) | 0.41 (.684) | ||||
| Binary variables | 6. Duration of formal education (>high school) | - | 0.03 (.854) | 3.13 (.077) | 2.88 (.090) | 0.48 (.488) | 0.51 (.474) | 0.58 (.446) | 0.04 (.906) | ||||
| 7. Had education on child injury prevention | - | 0.69 (.406) | 0.87 (.352) | 0.03 (.869) | 1.25 (.263) | 0.04 (.837) | 0.02 (.902) | ||||||
| 8. Occupation (yes) | - | - | 0.98 (.321) | 1.79 (.181) | 0.69 (.407) | 0.01 (.919) | |||||||
| 9. Spouse's occupational status (yes) | - | 1.37 (.241) | 0.04 (.838) | 0.35 (.557) | 1.66 (.197) | ||||||||
| 10. Family income (2,200,000 won/month) | - | 1.48 (.225) | 0.00 (.960) | 0.03 (.870) | |||||||||
| 11. Having preschool children | - | 0.39 (.533) | 1.33 (.249) | ||||||||||
| 12. Having an experience of child injury | - | 0.98 (.322) | |||||||||||
| 13. Male gender of young child | - | ||||||||||||
Statistical values of association include r for correlation between continuous variables, t for mean comparison between two groups, x2 for two binary variables.