J Korean Acad Nurs. 2010 Apr;40(2):213-224. Korean.
Published online Apr 30, 2010.
Copyright © 2010 Korean Society of Nursing Science
Original Article

Development and Effect of a Web-based Child Health Care Program for the Staff at Child Daycare Centers

Ji Soo Kim
    • Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Gachon University of Medicine and Science, Incheon, Korea.
Received December 02, 2009; Revised December 07, 2009; Accepted March 18, 2010.

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of the study is to develop a web-based program on child health care, and to identify the effect of the program on knowledge of, attitudes towards child health care, and health care practice in staff of daycare centers.

Methods

The program was developed through the processes of needs analysis, contents construction, design, development, and evaluation. After the program was developed, it was revised through feedback from 30 experts. To identify the effect of developed program, onegroup pretest-posttest design study was conducted with 64 staff members from 12 daycare centers in Korea.

Results

The program was developed based on users' needs and consisted of five parts: health promotion, disease and symptoms management, oral health, injury and safety, sheets and forms. This study showed that the total score of staff who used the program was significantly higher in terms of knowledge, attitudes, and their health care practice compared with pretest score (p<.05).

Conclusion

These results suggest that this Web-based program can contribute to the child health promotion as well as can provide the staff with the insightful child health information. Therefore, it is expected that this program will be applied to staff of other child care settings for children's health.

Keywords
Child daycare centers; Health care; Internet

Figures

Figure 1
Process of program development.

Figure 2
Main screen of the web site providing health care information for the staff at child daycare centers.

Tables

Table 1
General Characteristics and Information Needs of the Child Daycare Centers Staff (N=113)

Table 2
General Characteristics of the Subjects (N=64)

Table 3
Comparison of the Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on the Child Health after Web-based Program (N=64)

Notes

This study was supported by the Korea Research Foundation Grant (2008-E00397-101596).

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