PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to facilitate home visits to assess the current rate of child abuse in order to provide an agenda for the early detection and prevention of child abuse and neglect in Korea.
METHODS
For this retrospective descriptive research, 20 public health centers were selected, 1,991 families were visited and 2,680 children were assessed.
RESULTS
We found 415 cases (15.5%) of potential abuse and 7 cases (0.3%) of actual abuse. The greatest risk group was to children age 4 to 6 years. According to the HOME Inventory, there were 17 infants (5.8%) presenting a potential risk for child abuse and neglect.
CONCLUSION
Visitation screening is highly recommended for prevention in the high-risk preschool age group.

Citations

• A Survey of Nurses’ Perceptions on Child Abuse
  Hae Young Min, Shin-Jeong Kim, Jung Min Lee, So-Ra Kang, Ji-eun Lee
  Child Health Nursing Research.2017; 23(2): 229.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
This study was designed to analyze recent trends in research about caregivers of hospitalized children in Korea and to suggest future research directions in this area.
METHODS
Eighty one studies selected from http://www.kan.or.kr, www.childnursing.or.kr, www.riss4u.net, and www.ndsl.kr published from 1995 to 2011 were used. The analysis framework of concepts was derived from client domain (Kim, 2000) and knowledge type (Kim et al., 2004).
RESULTS
In terms of research design, nonexperimental studies (82.7%) were the most frequent, followed by experimental studies (14.8%) and qualitative studies (2.5%). Mothers were the most frequent caregivers, and hospitalization was the most frequent health problem of the children. In terms of categories of the concepts, 35 (39.3%) studies included essentialistic concepts like coping and adaptation, 15 (16.9%) studies included problematic concepts like anxiety and uncertainty, and 39 (43.8%) studies included health-care experiential concepts like educational needs and nursing needs. In term of knowledge types, there were 35 (39.3%) studies of the explanatory knowledge type, 44 (49.5%) descriptive ones, and 10 (11.2%) prescriptive ones.
CONCLUSION
The results indicate that further research is necessary on problematic concepts and prescriptive knowledge types for child health nursing practice which will lead to expanding nursing knowledge.

Citations

• Factors Influencing Fatigue in Mothers of Hospitalized Children
  Hee Seung Song
  Child Health Nursing Research.2016; 22(4): 363.     CrossRef
• Development of an Instrument to Measure the Quality of Care through Patients’ Eyes for Hospitalized Child
  Haeryun Cho, Jina Oh, Dukyoo Jung
  Child Health Nursing Research.2015; 21(2): 131.     CrossRef
• Factors Affecting Performance of Hand Hygiene by Parents of Hospitalized Infants
  Su Jin Jin, Young Mi Song, Hye Young Han, Kyung Hwa Seo, Soon Jeong Kim
  Child Health Nursing Research.2015; 21(4): 285.     CrossRef
• An Analysis of Nursing Research on Child Rearing in Korea.
  Dong Won Lee, In Soo Kwon
  Child Health Nursing Research.2014; 20(4): 264.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
This study was done to develop an education program on cell phone use for elementary school students, and examine its effects on their knowledge, attitude, self-efficacy, and self-control in cell phone use.
METHODS
The study was designed using a nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design. The participants were 64 elementary school students (31 in the experimental group and 33 in the control group). Students in the experimental group were given the education program on cell phone use. The data were analyzed using the SPSS/WIN 19.0 program.
RESULTS
Students in the experimental group reported increased knowledge and attitude regarding cell phone use which were significantly higher than students in the control group (p<.001, p<.001). But, self-efficacy and self-control for students in the experimental group were not different from those in the control group.
CONCLUSION
The study results indicate that the education program for cell phone use is effective in increasing knowledge and attitude regarding cell phone use in elementary school students.

Citations

• Effects of a Prevention Program for Media Addiction on Television Addiction, Internet Addiction, Cellular Addiction, and Impulsiveness in Elementary School Students.
  Hyun Young Koo
  Child Health Nursing Research.2013; 19(4): 270.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to examine and analyze the post operative fasting period of neonates in the intensive care unit (ICU) after receiving open heart surgery in order to provide optimal nutrition support for these neonates. The variables included biochemical nutrition indexes (albumin, total lymphocyte count, total cholesterol) and patient outcomes (duration of mechanical ventilation, ICU stay, hospital stay, infectious complication).
METHODS
The participants were 124 neonates in ICU after receiving open heart surgery, and the design of this study was to investigate their post operative fasting period retrospectively to analyze the biochemical nutrition indexes and patient outcomes according to post operative fasting period.
RESULTS
The results for 4 groups according to post operative fasting period showed that the group with less 48 hours of fasting had the best biochemical nutrition indexes and patient outcomes, followed by the 48-72 hour group, the 72-144 hour group, and the over 144 hour group.
CONCLUSION
The results indicate that for new born babies receiving open heart surgery, the period of fasting after the operation should be minimized and tube feeding should be started as soon as possible.

PURPOSE
This study was conducted to investigate health issues of children with disabilities attending daycare centers, and to identify the way of teachers' management on child health.
METHODS
A cross-sectional descriptive study design was performed with a convenience sampling of 127 teachers from 19 daycare centers for children with disabilities and 175 teachers from 17 general daycare centers. A survey questionnaire was used to collect data, and the data were analyzed using the SPSS 17.0 program.
RESULTS
For the last one month, about 90% of the teachers working in daycare centers for children with disabilities had to care for sick children. When a child is sick, 50% of the teachers tended to contact with the parents of the child. The majority of the teachers caring for sick children experienced difficulties with no one available to give expert health care advice.
CONCLUSION
The results of the study indicate that there are many health issues in daycare centers for children with disabilities and therefore health professionals need to be available to the centers. Specifically, health management services and programs need to be developed and provided for children with disabilities.

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of structured nursing intervention for caregivers on maintenance of intravenous (IV) infusions in infants.
METHODS
The structured nursing intervention was developed through the processes of interviews with nurses from pediatric wards. To identify the effects of the developed nursing intervention, a non-synchronized non-equivalent control group pretest-posttest design study was conducted with caregivers from the pediatric ward from a hospital in Seoul. Of 100 admitted infants, 50 caregivers were assigned to the intervention group and received the structured nursing intervention for maintenance of intravenous infusions in infants. The others were assigned control group and received routine care. Data were collected on patient factors, IV insertion factors, treatments, and IV related complications. The form developed for the structured nursing intervention was used by staff nurses.
RESULTS
Compared to the control group, IV insertion frequency in experimental group infants was significantly lower and IV related complications decreased (p<.05).
CONCLUSION
These results suggest that the structured nursing intervention for caregivers on maintenance of intravenous infusions may have effects on maintenance of intravenous infusions in infants, and decreasing IV related complications. This nursing intervention can be used to improve IV related problems of admitted infants.

Citations

• Effects of nurse’s knowledge and self-efficacy on nursing performance in pediatric intravenous fluid management in South Korea: a descriptive study
  Se-Won Kim, Mi-Young Choi
  Child Health Nursing Research.2024; 30(4): 288.     CrossRef
• Intravenous Infiltration Risk by Catheter Dwell Time Among Hospitalized Children
  Ihn Sook Jeong, Gey Rok Jeon, Man Seop Lee, Bum Joo Shin, Yong-Jin Kim, Soon Mi Park, Sookyung Hyun
  Journal of Pediatric Nursing.2017; 32: 47.     CrossRef
• Effect of Observation Window at Peripheral Intravenous Catheter Site on Early Recognition of Infiltration among Hospitalized Children
  Ihn Sook Jeong, Soon Mi Park, Kyung Ju Park
  Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing.2016; 46(4): 534.     CrossRef
• Identification of Risk Factors for Intravenous Infiltration among Hospitalized Children: A Retrospective Study
  Soon Mi Park, Ihn Sook Jeong, Seong Sook Jun, Imti Choonara
  PLOS ONE.2016; 11(6): e0158045.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
The aim was to explore the relationship between health status/life style and prevalence of atopic dermatitis in adolescents.
METHODS
Data from 1,743 adolescents (aged 13 to 18 years) derived from the fourth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) were analyzed using binary logistic regression and the classification and regression tree (CART) model.
RESULTS
The prevalence rate of atopic dermatitis was 10.3%. Third quartile income class (OR=2.19, 95% CI=1.20-4.00), fair and unhealthy self-rated health (OR=1.49, 95% CI=1.06-2.11; OR= 2.73, 95% CI=1.64-4.55), past or current smoker (OR=0.41, 95% CI=0.20-0.85; OR=0.44, 95% CI=0.21-0.92), and more than average stress (OR=1.43, 95% CI=1.03-1.99) were related with increased prevalence of atopic dermatitis. The high prevalence risk groups for atopic dermatitis were adolescents who perceived themselves to be healthy on self-rated health and had more than average stress and those who perceived themselves to be unhealthy and who never smoked.
CONCLUSION
The results of the study indicate that health status, smoking, and stress are associated with a prevalence risk for adolescent atopic dermatitis in different degrees. Therefore, for control of atopic dermatitis, various interventions for smoking and stress need to be reinforced for the high prevalence atopic dermatitis groups.

Citations

• Assessment of relationship between the use of household products and atopic dermatitis in Seoul: focused on products with associated risks
  Jihee Choi, Jeonghoon Kim, KyooSang Kim
  Environmental Health and Toxicology.2019; 34(2): e2019006.     CrossRef
• Prevalence of allergic diseases and its related factors in Korean adolescents-Using data from the 2013 Korea youth risk behavior web-based survey
  Ji-Young Han, Hyeon-Sook Park
  Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science.2016; 27(1): 155.     CrossRef
• 6 Cases of Atopic Dermatitis Female Adolescent Patients for Hospitalization Program
  Jin-Ah Oh, Mi-Ran Shin
  Journal of Sasang Constitutional Medicine.2015; 27(4): 404.     CrossRef
• Exploring Household-level Risk Factors for Self-reported Prevalence of Allergic Diseases Among Low-income Households in Seoul, Korea
  SungChul Seo, Dohyeong Kim, Christopher Paul, Young Yoo, Ji Tae Choung
  Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Research.2014; 6(5): 421.     CrossRef
• Risk Assessment for Non-Cancer Effects of Volatile Organic Compounds in Children's Products
  Jungkon Kim, Jung-Kwan Seo, Taksoo Kim, Gun-Ho Park
  Korean Journal of Environmental Health Sciences.2014; 40(3): 178.     CrossRef
• 6 Cases of Atopic Dermatitis Children Patients for Hospitalization Program
  Mi-Ran Shin, Jin-Ah Oh, Dong-Nyung Lee
  The Journal of Korean Oriental Pediatrics.2014; 28(2): 40.     CrossRef
• Latent Mean Analysis of Health Behavior between Adolescents with a Health Problem and Those without: Using the 2009 Korean Youth Health Behavior Survey
  Jeong-Mo Park, Mi-Won Kim, Yoon Hee Cho
  Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nurs.2013; 24(4): 488.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
The main purposes of this study were to assess maternal-fetal attachment (MFA) of the expectant mothers of a fetus with a prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart disease (CHD) and to identify factors associated with MFA.
METHODS
The methodology was a cross sectional survey study using a self-administered questionnaire. Thirty pregnant women carrying a fetus with a prenatal diagnosis of CHD and 30 pregnant women with a normal fetus were enrolled in this study. The MFA Scale and PPS (The Prenatal Psychosocial Profile) were used to collect data. Data were analyzed using SPSS 20.0 Window version. Descriptive statistics, chi2-test and t-test were used to compare the two groups. The factors associated with MFA were identified by multiple regression analysis.
RESULTS
There was no significant difference between the two groups in MFA and social support from spouse was the only variable showing a significant difference. The model from the multiple regression analysis explained 33.8% of MFA for both groups.
CONCLUSION
MFA of expectant mothers with a prenatal diagnosis of CHD and of mothers with a normal fetus were not significantly different. It is important that health care providers encourage expectant fathers to support the expectant mothers to increase MFA.

Citations

• A Qualitative Study of Psychoemotional Changes in Mothers with Children Prenatally Diagnosed with Congenital Heart Disease
  Eun Ju Jo, Jeong Yun Park
  Journal of Korean Association for Qualitative Rese.2024; 9(3): 151.     CrossRef
• Impact of Anxiety, Social Support, and Taegyo Practice on Maternal-Fetal Attachment in Pregnant Women Having an Abortion
  BuKyung Kim, Mi-Hae Sung
  Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing.2019; 25(2): 182.     CrossRef
• Meaning of the Expectation of Childbirth on Primigravida Whose Fetus are Diagnosed with Congenital Heart Disease
  박점미, 신나연
  JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF MATERNAL AND CHIL.2018; 22(2): 77.     CrossRef
• The Contribution of Maternal-Fetal Attachment: Taegyo, Maternal Fatigue and Social Support during Pregnancy.
  Mi Yu, Miok Kim
  Child Health Nursing Research.2014; 20(4): 247.     CrossRef