Bornstein Marc H, Cote Linda R
Child and Family Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Suite 8030, 6705 Rockledge Dr, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7971, USA.
Pediatrics. 2004 Nov;114(5):e557-64. doi: 10.1542/peds.2004-0713.
Although parents' knowledge about child development and child rearing is relevant to pediatric practice, very little is known about immigrant parents' knowledge. To fill this gap in research, this study investigated parenting knowledge in 2 groups of mothers who had immigrated to the United States.
Japanese and South American immigrant mothers of 2-year-olds completed a standardized survey of parenting knowledge and provided information about sociodemographic and infant health status. Their data were compared with European American mothers in the United States.
Immigrant mothers scored approximately 70% on the evaluation of parenting knowledge, significantly lower than multigenerational US mothers. The majority of immigrant mothers did not know correct answers for 25% of the items, and their incorrect answers were mostly to questions about normative child development.
Parents' knowledge is relevant to pediatricians' evaluations of the health and welfare of children as understood by their parents. Gaps in parenting knowledge have implications for clinical interactions with parents, child diagnosis, pediatric training, and parent education.
尽管父母关于儿童发育和养育的知识与儿科医疗实践相关，但对于移民父母的知识了解甚少。为填补这一研究空白，本研究调查了两组移民到美国的母亲的育儿知识。
两组两岁幼儿的日本和南美移民母亲完成了一项育儿知识标准化调查，并提供了社会人口统计学和婴儿健康状况信息。她们的数据与美国的欧美裔母亲的数据进行了比较。
移民母亲在育儿知识评估中的得分约为70%，显著低于在美国的多代同堂家庭的母亲。大多数移民母亲对25%的题目不知道正确答案，她们的错误答案大多是关于儿童正常发育的问题。
父母的知识与儿科医生对父母所理解的儿童健康和福利的评估相关。育儿知识的差距对与父母的临床互动、儿童诊断、儿科培训和家长教育都有影响。
