Knowledge of Healthcare Workers Regarding Road Traffic Child Safety in South Bačka District, Serbia.

Autor:	Rajčević S; Institute of Public Health of Vojvodina, Futoška 121, 21 000 Novi Sad, Serbia.; Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Novi Sad, Hajduk Veljkova 3, 21 000 Novi Sad, Serbia., Vuković V; Institute of Public Health of Vojvodina, Futoška 121, 21 000 Novi Sad, Serbia.; Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Novi Sad, Hajduk Veljkova 3, 21 000 Novi Sad, Serbia., Štrbac M; Institute of Public Health of Vojvodina, Futoška 121, 21 000 Novi Sad, Serbia., Pustahija T; Institute of Public Health of Vojvodina, Futoška 121, 21 000 Novi Sad, Serbia.; Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Novi Sad, Hajduk Veljkova 3, 21 000 Novi Sad, Serbia., Šušnjević S; Institute of Public Health of Vojvodina, Futoška 121, 21 000 Novi Sad, Serbia.; Department of Social Medicine and Health Statistics with Informatics, Faculty of Medicine, Univerisity of Novi Sad, Hajduk Veljkova 3, 21 000 Novi Sad, Serbia., Radić I; Institute of Public Health of Vojvodina, Futoška 121, 21 000 Novi Sad, Serbia.; Department of Social Medicine and Health Statistics with Informatics, Faculty of Medicine, Univerisity of Novi Sad, Hajduk Veljkova 3, 21 000 Novi Sad, Serbia., Petrović R; Clinical Center of Vojvodina, Hajduk Veljkova 1-9, 21 000 Novi Sad, Serbia., Jovanović M; In concept, Hrastova 4, 21 208 Sremska Kamenica, Serbia., Ristić M; Institute of Public Health of Vojvodina, Futoška 121, 21 000 Novi Sad, Serbia.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Zdravstveno varstvo [Zdr Varst] 2024 Mar 20; Vol. 63 (2), pp. 89-99. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Mar 20 (Print Publication: 2024).
DOI:	10.2478/sjph-2024-0013
Abstrakt:	Introduction: Healthcare workers (HCW) can have an important role in educating parents about child road safety, but research on the topic shows that they usually do not have adequate knowledge. Thus, the aim of our study was to analyze their knowledge in the field of child road safety. Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted among HCW from South Bačka district, Serbia, using a specially created questionnaire for assessing knowledge on road traffic injuries in children. Results: The research involved the participation of 317 healthcare workers (86 physicians and 231 nurses). Healthcare workers from primary healthcare made up almost 70% of all respondents, followed by those from tertiary (21.8%) and secondary (11.3%) level institutions. The average percentage of correct answers on the knowledge test was 74.3% (mean=22.3, SD=4.0). Out of all respondents, HCWs employed in the paediatrics department had a significantly higher percentage of correct answers at 77.7% (mean=23.3, SD=3.4) compared to other health workers at 73% (mean=21.9, SD=4.1) (p=0.002). Association analysis demonstrated that HCW employed at paediatric departments on average scored 1.37 (95% CI: 0.40-2.33, p=0.006) points higher in comparison with other HCW. Conclusion: This research demonstrated an unsatisfactory level of knowledge on child road safety by HCW, and the variability across different question domains, which underlines the need for continuous educations in order to improve their knowledge. Our results may serve in planning additional public health measures and can provide a reference for future studies. Competing Interests: CONFLICTS OF INTEREST The authors declare that no conflicts of interest exist. (© 2024 Smiljana Rajčević et al., published by Sciendo.)
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