Mothers’ Knowledge Towards Prevention of Early Childhood Home-Injuries at Babylon Province, Iraq Jassem Abbas Fadhel1, Al-Doori Nuhad1, Abd-Redha Abd-Almahdi1 1PhD Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, University of Babylon, Iraq Online published on 8 March, 2019. Abstract Background Injuries are the foremost foundation of death which are considered as an international problem when killed over 630 000 persons especially in children under 15 years old. Therefore, the aim of current study was to assess mothers’ knowledge regarding prevention of early childhood home-injuries at Babylon province, Iraq Methodology Descriptive study conducted at Babylon Hospital for Maternity and Pediatric, Ibn-Saif Hospital and Al-Noor Hospital for Pediatrics in Babylon city. Participants were chosen by non-probability (purposive) sampling method which consisted of 218 mothers admitted to the hospitals with their children. Result the result revealed that the 42.7% of mothers were within the age group (27–37) years old. In regard to the educational level, findings indicated that most of them (41.3%) were institute and above graduates and (60.6%) work as housewives. Also, current study revealed that the majority (83.5%) of mothers had knowledge regarding prevention of childhood injuries in Hilla City. Conclusion and Recommendations Mothers’ socio-demographic characteristics did not influence their knowledge. The study recommended that knowledge is an important aspect in preventing accidents. More studies can be conducted at a national level and to evaluate knowledge in rural areas. Top Keywords Childhood injuries, Mothers knowledge, Educational level, socio-demographic data, Purposive sampling. Top |