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Habibi E, Sajedi F, Afzali HM, et al. Early Childhood Development and Iranian Parents' Knowledge: A Qualitative Study. Int J Prev Med. 2017;8:84doi: 10.4103/ijpvm.IJPVM_159_17.
Habibi, E., Sajedi, F., Afzali, H. M., Hatamizadeh, N., Shahshahanipour, S., & Glascoe, F. P. (2017). Early Childhood Development and Iranian Parents' Knowledge: A Qualitative Study. International journal of preventive medicine, 884. https://doi.org/10.4103/ijpvm.IJPVM_159_17
Habibi, Elham, et al. "Early Childhood Development and Iranian Parents' Knowledge: A Qualitative Study." International journal of preventive medicine vol. 8 (2017): 84. doi: https://doi.org/10.4103/ijpvm.IJPVM_159_17
Habibi E, Sajedi F, Afzali HM, Hatamizadeh N, Shahshahanipour S, Glascoe FP. Early Childhood Development and Iranian Parents' Knowledge: A Qualitative Study. Int J Prev Med. 2017 Oct 24;8:84. doi: 10.4103/ijpvm.IJPVM_159_17. eCollection 2017. PMID: 29142650; PMCID: PMC5672654.
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Int J Prev Med. 2017 Oct 24;8:84. doi: 10.4103/ijpvm.IJPVM_159_17. eCollection 2017.

Early Childhood Development and Iranian Parents' Knowledge: A Qualitative Study.

International journal of preventive medicine

Elham Habibi, Firouzeh Sajedi, Hosein Malek Afzali, Nikta Hatamizadeh, Soheila Shahshahanipour, Frances Page Glascoe

Affiliations

  1. Pediatric Neurorehabilitation Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  2. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  3. Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University, Tennessee, USA.

PMID: 29142650 PMCID: PMC5672654 DOI: 10.4103/ijpvm.IJPVM_159_17

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Early childhood is the most important step throughout the lifespan and it is a critical period continuing to the end of 8-year-old. Mothers' knowledge is one of the important aspects of child development. The goals of this study were to determine the situation of knowledge in Iranian parents about the concept and the importance of early childhood development (ECD) and determining the sources of parental knowledge about ECD from the perspective of parents and grandparents.

METHODS: This qualitative study was conducted based on the directional content analysis in 2016. The purposive sampling method is utilized to select 24 participants among parents and grandparents in Tehran. The inclusion criteria consisted of speaking in Persian and having a child or grandchild <3-year-old. Data were collected through four focus group discussions and four individual interviews.

RESULTS: Iranian parental knowledge about integrative ECD is not enough, their knowledge about motor development and speech and language are relatively better, about cognitive development is little and socialemotional is very little. They said parents and other caregivers influence the process of children's development. Parents' knowledge resources about ECD included human resources, physical resources, virtual space, and the media. According to the majority of participants, "pediatricians are the most reliable source of parents' knowledge about ECD" even though the main focus of pediatricians is on treating diseases, physical health, and growth of children.

CONCLUSIONS: According to the results, the knowledge of Iranian parent is not enough about ECD; therefore, actions must be taken to increase their knowledge in these domains. Parents look for reliable and valid sources to enhance their knowledge and they rely the most on pediatricians in this regard. Therefore, more studies on assessing parents' knowledge in community and the practical methods for knowledge promotion in this field is recommended.

Keywords: Early childhood development; Iranian parents’ knowledge; qualitative study; resources knowledge acquisition

Conflict of interest statement

We declare that there is no conflict of interest.

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