Deveropment of a Rating Scale for Public Helth Nurses'Assessment of the Child-rearing Ability of Mothers to Prevent Child Abuse

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26670999
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Lifelong developmental nursing
• Research Institution: Tokushima Bunri University
• Principal Investigator: FURUKAWA KAORU 徳島文理大学, 保健福祉学部, 講師 (10448334)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 子ども虐待予防 / 保健師 / ハイリスクな母親 / 育児力 / アセスメント項目

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this research is to develop an assessment scale of the childcare ability of mothers who pose a high risk of child abuse. First we examined the literature on mothers' child- rearing ability. Next, we clarified the evaluation point of child- rearing ability of high-risk mothers from interview to public health nurses. Then, we develop a questionnaire of 49 items and conducted questionnaire survey on public health nurses.
We were analyzed valid responses from 667 public health nurses. As a result of factor analysis, the following five factors consisting of 38 items were selected: “involvement with and emotion toward the child,” “environment enabling the mother to continue raising the child, and her willingness to continue,” “the status of learning how to provide childcare suitable for the child,” “basic daily lifestyle,” and “awareness of safe child- rearing and child care technique.”

Free Research Field

小児看護学