Home Health Care for the Children with Pneumonia

Abstract

Pneumonia is an Inflammation of the lung parenchyma and it is one of the leading cause of mortality in children aged less than five years. Aim: assess home Health Care for the Children with Pneumonia. Research design: A Descriptive design was conducted for this study. Setting: pediatric outpatient clinicat el Rahmanya hospital at el Bauhira Governorate, M.C.H center affiliated to hospital and home visiting. Sample: a purposive sample composed of 315 children diagnosed with pneumonia. Tools: first tool: An interviewing questionnaire to assess a) socio demographic characteristics of mothers, b) demographic characteristics of children c) mothers’ knowledge d) mothers’ behavior e) mothers’ practice. Second tool, consisted of Home environmental observational checklist. Third tool, physical assessment sheet to assess growth and development and vital signs. Results: More than two fourths of studied mothers had poor knowledge. More than three fourths of studied mothers had a negative behavior. More than half of studied mothers had unsatisfactory level of practice .About three fourths of families had problems in home environment. Conclusion: there was highly statistically significant relation between mother’s knowledge about pneumonia and their socio demographic characteristics (age, educational level and occupation). Also, there was highly statistically significant relation between mother’s knowledge and their practice. Moreover, there was highly statistically significant relation between mother’s knowledge and their environmental health problems. Recommendations: Use of active teaching and learning strategies for mothers and Training needs could be extended to nursing staff