KNOWLEDGE OF CHILD SAFETY AMONG NURSING MOTHERS ATTENDING A TERTIARY HEALTH SETTING IN BENIN CITY
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Date
2025
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Department of Early Childhood and Primary Education
Abstract
Children are fragile and tend to explore their physical environment without fear or caution and this
action can results to harm, injuries and even death, hence child safety is very paramount. This study
investigates knowledge of child safety among nursing mothers attending a tertiary healthcare setting
in Benin City. The study was directed with three research questions which used the survey research
design. 124nursing mothers who attended the post natal care clinic between May to November 2023
served as the respondents which were purposively selected in relation to dispersed clinic days. A
researcher developed questionnaire after validation and reliability (0.81) tested was used for data
collection. 120 questionnaires were retrieved duly completed after administration and data analyzed
using frequency counts, percentages and Pearson Product Moment Correlation. The study findings
revealed that nursing mothers have significant knowledge about child safety; the most common
childhood injuries include falls, poisoning, drowning, burns and nursing mothers are well educated
about child safety during post natal clinic. The study therefore recommended that health facilities
should provide health knowledge on child safety to nursing mothers especially when they come for
post natal care and simple preventive facilities and methods such as labeling, enclosed cabinet
should be provided by governmen