An Approach towards Promoting Iranian Caregivers’ Knowledge on Early Childhood Development | ||
| Journal of Pediatric Perspectives | ||
| مقاله 11، دوره 6، شماره 3 - شماره پیاپی 51، خرداد 2018، صفحه 7371-7382 اصل مقاله (509.48 K) | ||
| شناسه دیجیتال (DOI): 10.22038/ijp.2017.27419.2364 | ||
| نویسندگان | ||
| Firoozeh Sajedi1؛ Elham Habibi* 2؛ Soheila Shahshahanipour1؛ Nikta Hatamizadeh1؛ Hosein Malek Afzali3 | ||
| 1Pediatric Neurorehabilitation Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran. | ||
| 2Pediatric Neurorehabilitation Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Deputy of Research and Technology, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran. | ||
| 3Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. | ||
| چکیده | ||
| Background: According to the World Health Organization (WHO), parents need to be informed about Early Childhood Development (ECD). Different methods of parents’ education include group-based, face-to-face, book, booklet, web-based, technology-based, and mobile learning using laptops, tablets, and cell phones. Paying attention to caregivers' attitudes is the first step to their education. The objectives of this study were to determine parental education requirements and the best approach towards promoting caregivers` knowledge about ECD, from the perspective of the Iranian main child caregivers. Materials and Methods: A qualitative approach with directional content analysis method was used. Participants were selected through purposive sampling. Thirty-one child-caregivers participated in 5 individual interviews and 5 focus group discussions (FGDs). Participants were parents and grandparents that had less than the 36-month child (grandchild), and kindergarten staffs. Four criteria namely: validity, transferability, reliability and verifiability were used to validate data. Results: According to the perspective of participants, two main themes were requirements for parent education (educators, educational content, time, place), and approach to educate child caregivers (mobile learning, group and face-to-face education, electronic learning, media, physical resources), totally 98 sub-themes. Finally the best approach to educate child caregivers was a multi-model approach includes group or face-to-face education with mobile learning. Conclusion: Participants suggested a multi-model approach based on traditional and modern technological methods, especially mobile learning (smartphone). They believed that the educational approach should be flexible and selectable, so caregivers can choose an appropriate individual method. | ||
| کلیدواژهها | ||
| Caregivers؛ Child development؛ Educational Model؛ Knowledge؛ Qualitative study | ||
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