영유아 가정의 안전사고 특성과 잠재적 위험요인

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Purpose: The purpose of this study is to analyze the characteristics and risk factors of safety accidents in infant and toddler among participants who received continuous received home-visiting program from the prenatal period until their child reached two years of age. Methods: This study employs a mixed-methods research design: the actual types of safety accidents in infants and toddlers recorded in home-visiting nursing records were utilized quantitative approach, while nurses’ perception of risk factors utilized a qualitative approach. Among the visit records, 59 case were actual accidents, and 212 cases were potential accident recognized by the nurses. Results: Among the types of safety accidents, falls ranked highest followed by burns/scalds, physical impact, bump, bites, cuts, liquid-related foreign body accidents, and foreign body ingestion. The risk factors were categorized as child, caregiver, and environment levels based on Bronfenbrenner’s ecological model, and were represented by a total of 4 themes and 8 sub-theme. Conclusions: This findings suggests that infant and young children safety is influenced in a complex interactions among child, caregiver, and environmental factors, indicating that prevention of safety accidents requires a multidimensional and integrated approach rather than one focused on a single factor.

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