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Bang: Effects of an Early Nursing Intervention Program for Infants' Development and Mother's Child Rearing in Poverty
Original Article
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing

Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 2009; 39(6): 796-804.

Published online: 31 December 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2009.39.6.796

Effects of an Early Nursing Intervention Program for Infants' Development and Mother's Child Rearing in Poverty

Kyung-Sook Bang

Associate Professor, College of Nursing, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea.

Address reprint requests to: Bang, Kyung-Sook. College of Nursing, Ajou University, San 5 Woncheon-dong, Youngtong-gu, Suwon 443-721, Korea. Tel: 82-31-219-7016, Fax: 82-31-219-7020, ksbang@ajou.ac.kr

Received 31 March 2009       Accepted 13 November 2009

Copyright © 2009 Korean Society of Nursing Science

Abstract

Purpose

This quasi-experimental study was performed to evaluate the effectiveness of an early nursing intervention program to support mothers of children aged 0-3 yr living in poverty.

Methods

In this study, mothers who received financial support from the government were recruited from one city and assigned to an intervention group (24) and comparison group (18). They completed a baseline questionnaire about depression, child rearing burden, agreement on physical punishment, and child temperament. Also, Denver II screening of the children was performed by the researcher. Mothers in the intervention group received a home visit intervention every two weeks for three months. At 3-months post-baseline, questionnaire and Denver II screening were reused to compare these two groups.

Results

Mother's depression, child rearing burden, agreement on physical punishment, and child temperament were not significantly different between the two groups. However, the percentage of depression declined only in the intervention group. Mothers in the intervention group showed higher Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME) scores than mothers in the comparison group.

Conclusion

The findings of the study show that this nursing intervention is an effective parenting program. The early nursing program for mothers with infant and toddlers in poverty is effective in promoting HOME, the child rearing home environment.

Keywords: Infant, Child, Mothers, Poverty, Early intervention

Figures and Tables

Figure 1
Early intervention program for infants and mothers. HOME=Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment.
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Table 1
Homogeneity Test for General Characteristics between Control and Experimental Group (N=42)
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Con=control group; Exp=experimental group.

Table 2
Homogeneity Test for Pre-test Scores between Control and Experimental Group (N=42)
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Con=control group; Exp=experimental group; HOME=Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment.

Table 3
Homogeneity Test for Child Development Pre-test between Control and Experimental Group (N=42)
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Con=control group; Exp=experimental group.

Table 4
Comparisons of Post-test Scores between Control and Experimental Group (N=42)
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*ANCOVA (covariate: variety pre-test score).

Con=control group; Exp=experimental group; HOME=Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment.

Table 5
Comparisons of Post-test Child Development between Control and Experimental Group (N=42)
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Con=control group; Exp=experimental group.

Notes

This work was supported by a Korea Research Foundation grant from the Korean government (KRF-2007-E00153).

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