Syrian refugee mothers’ knowledge levels of childhood wellness: a program evaluation

Background: Children are most affected by migration and wars. The health of child asylum seekers is adversely affected due to poor nutrition, malnutrition, insufficient vaccinations, and a lack of preventive health-care services (PHCS). The aim of this study was to determine the knowledge levels of...

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Autores principales:	Ali Güngör, Bahar Çuhacı Çakır, Sema Ateş, Arzu D Dönmez, Halil İ Yakut, Abdullah Atou
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Publicado:	Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2020
Materias:	child health mothers primary health care refugee Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:92d465f68c7c4528904a4a5ae19239ff2021-12-02T17:00:58ZSyrian refugee mothers’ knowledge levels of childhood wellness: a program evaluation2231-07702249-446410.4103/ajm.ajm_33_20https://doaj.org/article/92d465f68c7c4528904a4a5ae19239ff2020-07-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/ajm.ajm_33_20https://doaj.org/toc/2231-0770https://doaj.org/toc/2249-4464Background: Children are most affected by migration and wars. The health of child asylum seekers is adversely affected due to poor nutrition, malnutrition, insufficient vaccinations, and a lack of preventive health-care services (PHCS). The aim of this study was to determine the knowledge levels of the refugee mothers of child wellness monitoring, child vaccinations, and the importance of breastfeeding before and after implementation of an educational program. Materials and Methods: A questionnaire consisting of 12 statements about the importance of child wellness monitoring, child vaccinations, and breastfeeding was prepared and translated into Arabic. Refugee mothers were asked to complete the questionnaire before and after the education program. Results: Thirty-one (72.1%) of the 43 participating mothers had their children vaccinated regularly. Vitamin D supplementation was given to 58.1%, and 23.1% were started on iron supplementation. The rate of vitamin D supplementation was higher in the literate mothers (P = 0.010). The least correctly answered statement before the education program was related to iron supplementation (n = 24, 55.8%). The mean (standard deviation) number of correct answers given by the participating mothers to the 12 statements before the seminar was 9.16 (±2.05), this increased to 11.16 (±0.99) after the seminar. Conclusion: The results of this study show that refugee mothers’ knowledge levels about vitamin D and iron supplementation are quite low. Their knowledge levels can be increased in the short term by providing information in the mothers’ native languages.Ali GüngörBahar Çuhacı ÇakırSema AteşArzu D DönmezHalil İ YakutAbdullah AtouThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.articlechild healthmothersprimary health carerefugeeMedicineRENAvicenna Journal of Medicine, Vol 10, Iss 03, Pp 106-110 (2020)
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spellingShingle	child health mothers primary health care refugee Medicine R Ali Güngör Bahar Çuhacı Çakır Sema Ateş Arzu D Dönmez Halil İ Yakut Abdullah Atou Syrian refugee mothers’ knowledge levels of childhood wellness: a program evaluation
description	Background: Children are most affected by migration and wars. The health of child asylum seekers is adversely affected due to poor nutrition, malnutrition, insufficient vaccinations, and a lack of preventive health-care services (PHCS). The aim of this study was to determine the knowledge levels of the refugee mothers of child wellness monitoring, child vaccinations, and the importance of breastfeeding before and after implementation of an educational program. Materials and Methods: A questionnaire consisting of 12 statements about the importance of child wellness monitoring, child vaccinations, and breastfeeding was prepared and translated into Arabic. Refugee mothers were asked to complete the questionnaire before and after the education program. Results: Thirty-one (72.1%) of the 43 participating mothers had their children vaccinated regularly. Vitamin D supplementation was given to 58.1%, and 23.1% were started on iron supplementation. The rate of vitamin D supplementation was higher in the literate mothers (P = 0.010). The least correctly answered statement before the education program was related to iron supplementation (n = 24, 55.8%). The mean (standard deviation) number of correct answers given by the participating mothers to the 12 statements before the seminar was 9.16 (±2.05), this increased to 11.16 (±0.99) after the seminar. Conclusion: The results of this study show that refugee mothers’ knowledge levels about vitamin D and iron supplementation are quite low. Their knowledge levels can be increased in the short term by providing information in the mothers’ native languages.
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author	Ali Güngör Bahar Çuhacı Çakır Sema Ateş Arzu D Dönmez Halil İ Yakut Abdullah Atou
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title	Syrian refugee mothers’ knowledge levels of childhood wellness: a program evaluation
title_short	Syrian refugee mothers’ knowledge levels of childhood wellness: a program evaluation
title_full	Syrian refugee mothers’ knowledge levels of childhood wellness: a program evaluation
title_fullStr	Syrian refugee mothers’ knowledge levels of childhood wellness: a program evaluation
title_full_unstemmed	Syrian refugee mothers’ knowledge levels of childhood wellness: a program evaluation
title_sort	syrian refugee mothers’ knowledge levels of childhood wellness: a program evaluation
publisher	Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
publishDate	2020
url	https://doaj.org/article/92d465f68c7c4528904a4a5ae19239ff
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Syrian refugee mothers’ knowledge levels of childhood wellness: a program evaluation

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