بررسي ميزان تاثير برنامه بازديد از منزل بر عملكرد مادران در فرايند تكاملي كودكان پيش دبستاني

The Effect of Home Visiting Program on the Practice of Mothers in Developmental Process of Preschool Children

This is an Analytical study (Quasi-experimental), that was conducted to measure the effect of home visiting program on the mothersʹ practice in developmental process in children at Islamshahr area in 2000. First, four health centers randomly were selected, then among them 60 preschool children and their mothers, were selected through no accidental sampling and divided randomly as the case and control groups. All demographic variables (childʹs sex, parentsʹ literacy and etc) from two groups were matched and chi_square test and Independent t-test, didnʹt show significant difference between them (p>0.05). Tools for data gathering were demographic questionnaire, Interview guide for assessment of motherʹs practice, checklists for developmental assessment and etc. In pretest phase, these tools, have measured by home visit in three sittings. Then, home visiting program for mothers in case group in 4-6 sittings for two months was done. That was about developmental process in preschool children and role of mothersʹ in promoting of development. Every sitting was about 45 minutes. Then for one month there wasnʹt any education for case group. Again, tools were measured in three sittings by home visit and results were compared. Findings showed a significant difference after interaction between case and control groups and in the case group before and after the conduction of the program (p<0.0001). All the demographic variables of child and family hadnʹt any correlation with mothersʹ practice and child development (p>0.05). According to the results, it is suggested that home visiting program applied as a basic and essential approach to increasing practice of mothersʹ about developmental process.