Child Health Nursing Research
- Volume 13 Issue 4
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- Pages.467-477
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- 2007
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- 2287-9110(pISSN)
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- 2287-9129(eISSN)
Effects of a Training Program on Infection Prevention for Staff of Child Daycare Centers
보육시설 방문교육프로그램이 보육교사의 영유아 감염에 대한지식, 태도 및 감염예방행위에 미치는 효과
- Kim, Ji-Soo (Research Institute of Nursing Science, Seoul National University)
- 김지수 (서울대학교 간호과학연구소)
- Published : 2007.10.31
Abstract
Purpose: To identify the effects of a training program on the knowledge of, attitudes towards child infection, and infection prevention behaviors in staff of daycare centers. Methods: A nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design study was conducted with 34 staff of 6 daycare centers over 3 months. The staff in the 3 centers designated as the experimental centers received the training program weekly for 8 weeks. The program included on-site education for one and half hours and monitoring of infection prevention behaviors. Knowledge and attitudes of the staff were measured, and their infection prevention behaviors were observed and recorded by research assistants before and after the program.