Knowledge of Early Childhood‘s Mothers Regarding Toilet Training at Primary Health Care Centers in Alrusafa District in Baghdad City

Authors

  • Ahmed Abd-Alkadeem Mohammed
  • Eqbal Ghanim Ali

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37506/ijfmt.v15i2.15104

Abstract

Toilet training refers to the acquisition of skills necessary for controlling of both the bowel and bladder for
the right use of toilet by child at appropriate age and time. A descriptive study (cross-sectional design)was
used; To aseess the Knowledge of early childhood‘s mothers Regarding Toilet Training and to find out the
relationship between between the knowledge of early childhood‘s mothers’ demographic variables such as
(age, educational level, occupational status et al ….) and their child’s demographic variables (age, gender,
number of children et al….).
Non probability (convenience sample) of (225) early childhood’s mothers (have children’s age between 1-5
years).
The study concludes that the early childhood’s mothers with moderate border to low level of knowledge
regarding toilet training. No significant association among parent’s socio-demographical characteristics
andchild’ssocio-demographical characteristics with the knowledge, except between “Starting toilet training
or not” and knowledge, also significantassociation found between mother’s source of information with
the knowledge. The study recommends that extensive health educational programme should be applied to
increase the early childhood’s mother knowledge regarding toilet training.

Author Biographies

  • Ahmed Abd-Alkadeem Mohammed

    BSN, Ministry of Health/ Enviroment, Directorate of TechnicalAffairs, Department of Nursing Affairs, Iraq

  • Eqbal Ghanim Ali

    Professor PhD, University of Baghdad, College of Nursing, Pediatric Nursing Department, Iraq

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Published

2021-03-24

How to Cite

Knowledge of Early Childhood‘s Mothers Regarding Toilet Training at Primary Health Care Centers in Alrusafa District in Baghdad City. (2021). Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, 15(2), 4552-4559. https://doi.org/10.37506/ijfmt.v15i2.15104