Mothers’ Protective Measures toward their Children Against COVID-19 Pandemic.

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Lecturer of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria Universityp, Alexandria, Egypt.

2 Lecturer of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Damanhur University, El-Behera, Egypt.

Abstract

Background: Coronavirus Disease 19 (COVID 19) pandemic is a major public health crisis that has
harmed the well-being of children worldwide. Several protective measures have been recommended
to halt the spread of the viruses and its associated mortality especially for children. Aims: the study
aims to assess mothers’ protective measures toward their children from COVID-19 pandemic.
Subject and method: Design; A descriptive research design was used for this study. Setting: The
study was conducted at the Out-Patient Department of El-Raml Children’s Hospital (Wingat) at
Alexandria. Subjects: A convenient sample of 200 mothers having children from one to six years.
Tool: One tool was used for data collection: Mothers' protective measures to their children from
COVID-19 interview schedule. Results: the present study revealed that nearly two thirds of the
mothers (63%) have fair knowledge of the protective measures for their children against covid 19.
Moreover, 61.5 % of those mothers provided moderate protection level to their children from covid
19. Conclusion: the results of this study concluded that more than half of the mothers obtained fair
score of knowledge as well as moderate score of protective measures toward their children
regarding COVID-19 pandemic. Recommendations: The study highlights the need for an
educational program, workshops, and videos \booklets conducted for mothers to improve their
protective measures for their children regarding COVID-19 pandemic emphasizing the instructions
about steps of hand washing and how to wear and remove the mask.

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Egyptian Journal of Health Care
Volume 12, Issue 3
September 2021
Pages 1807-1824

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