Safadi R R, Ahmad M, Nassar O S, Alashhab S A, AbdelKader R, Amre H M
Maternity and Child Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
Clinical Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
Int Nurs Rev. 2016 Mar;63(1):50-9. doi: 10.1111/inr.12185. Epub 2015 Mar 10.
This study explored Jordanian mothers' knowledge of infants' childrearing practices and developmental milestones, the socio-demographic variables of relevance to knowledge, and sources of information that guide childrearing practices.
Parents' knowledge is considered the frame of reference for parents' interpretations of their children's behaviors and provides the basis for having the appropriate expectation of the child's developmental stage. Parents' knowledge of childrearing is essential for children's physical, cognitive and emotional development.
A cross-sectional design using a modified version of MacPhee's 'Knowledge of Infant Development Inventory' was used to assess 400 mothers' knowledge of infants' childrearing and developmental milestones, in Amman, Jordan.
Mothers were found to be more knowledgeable in physical and safety skills and less in cognitive, emotional, and parent-infant interaction skills. Parental age, education, parity and planned pregnancy had limited influence on developmental milestones knowledge. Formal and informal sources of information were used conforming to traditional societies.
Results were congruent with findings from other studies in the region and similar traditional societies. Results allude to conclusion that mothers resort to informal sources and traditional practices to replace formally structured programmes when absent.
Healthcare professionals, nursing schools and healthcare policy makers are encouraged to develop and institute a holistic approach encompassing physical, cognitive, emotional and parent-infant interaction domains in childrearing educational programmes. Structured parenting programmes for mothers and culturally accepted sources of information for fathers are essential to enhance parenting skills among Jordanian couples.
本研究探讨了约旦母亲对婴儿养育实践和发育里程碑的了解、与知识相关的社会人口统计学变量，以及指导养育实践的信息来源。
父母的知识被视为父母对孩子行为进行解读的参考框架，并为对孩子发育阶段抱有适当期望提供依据。父母的养育知识对孩子的身体、认知和情感发展至关重要。
采用横断面设计，使用麦克菲的“婴儿发育知识量表”的修改版，对约旦安曼的400名母亲关于婴儿养育和发育里程碑的知识进行评估。
发现母亲在身体和安全技能方面知识更丰富，而在认知、情感和亲子互动技能方面知识较少。父母的年龄、教育程度、生育次数和计划内怀孕对发育里程碑知识的影响有限。正式和非正式信息来源的使用符合传统社会情况。
结果与该地区其他研究以及类似传统社会的研究结果一致。结果暗示出这样的结论：在缺乏正式结构化项目时，母亲会求助于非正式来源和传统做法。
鼓励医疗保健专业人员、护理学校和医疗保健政策制定者制定并实施一种全面的方法，将养育教育项目中的身体、认知、情感和亲子互动领域涵盖在内。为母亲制定结构化的育儿项目以及为父亲提供文化上可接受的信息来源，对于提高约旦夫妇的育儿技能至关重要。
