The Relationship Between Perception of Development Promotion Behaviors and Parenting Behavior to Promote Child Development from Newborn to Five Years

Abstract

Background: Children's first five years are the cornerstone stages of life that affecting future health. They are growing up and developing rapidly. The changes involved parenting of caregivers as being important. If a child has delayed development, it will affect the quality of life of the child and family in the future. Therefore, children of this age should be encouraged to develop appropriately to help children develop appropriately and can grow up effectively. Ultimately, they will continue to become quality citizens.
Objective: To study the relationship between perception of development promotion behaviors and parenting behavior to promote child development from newborn to five years.
Setting: Tha Sawang Community Mueang Surin District.
Design: Descriptive Correlation study.
Subject: He is a parent of a child from birth to five years living in Tha Sawang Sub-district, Muang District, Surin Province. Computer program G* power 3.1.9.4 was used. The sample size was 269 persons.
Methods: The data were collected using a questionnaire consisting of 3 parts: part 1. The parents' personal information questionnaire, part 2 was a questionnaire on perception of child development promoting behavior from birth to five years and part 3 was a questionnaire on parenting behavior to promote child development from birth to five years between June and December 2021. Data were analyzed as well. statistics, percentage, mean, standard deviation and Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Co-efficient Test Statistic was used.
Results: Parents' perception of child development promotion behavior from Newborn to five years by The overall was at a moderate level (M= 3.5, SD = 0.4). There was a high level of parenting behaviors to promote development from birth to five years (M= 3.9, SD = 0.5). The perception of newborn development promotion behavior was significantly positively correlated with parents' parenting behavior for child development promotion from newborn to five years. (p <0.001).
Conclusions: Awareness of developmental promotion behaviors should be promoted from newborn to five years with Parenting behaviors to promote correct child development from birth to five years, especially in vaccination. and oral and dental health care.