Relevant Study on the Knowledge and Behavior of Preschool Educators toward Children’s Medication Safety in Taiwan

• Main Authors: HUANG, SZU-WEN, 黃偲雯
• Other Authors: LO, MING-JAE
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2018
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/f62zrq

碩士 === 國立臺中教育大學 === 幼兒教育學系碩士在職專班 === 107 === The purpose of this study aims to investigate the current situation, difference and correlation of preschool educators’ knowledge and behavior toward children’s medication safety in Taiwan. A self-complied questionnaire, “Survey on the knowledge and behavior of preschool educators toward children’s medication safety”, was used as research tool for taking samples from 1,000 preschool educators in Taiwan through stratified random sampling. Among the 969 samples collected, 963 were valid questionnaires. Researcher analyzed the data using statistical methods such as descriptive statistics, independent sample t-test, ANOVA, Pearson’s product-moment correlation and stepwise multiple regression. The conclusions of the study are as follows: 1.The level of preschool educators’ knowledge toward children’s medication safety in Taiwan was above average, and the subscale with the highest average score was “medication treatment”, followed by “relevant laws and regulations” and “medication knowledge and skills”. 2.The level of preschool educators’ behavior toward children’s medication safety in Taiwan was above average, and the subscale with the highest average score was “medication treatment”, followed by “relevant laws and regulations” and “medication knowledge and skills”. 3.Preschool educators with different “age”, “educational background”, “major”, “years of service”, “nature of preschool”, “location of teaching” and “title” showed significant difference in the children’s medication safety knowledge scale. 4.Preschool educators with different “age”, “educational background”, “major”, “years of service”, “nature of preschool”, “location of teaching” and “title” showed significant difference in the children’s medication safety behavior scale. 5.There was a significant positive correlation between the knowledge and behavior of preschool educators toward children’s medication safety in Taiwan. 6.The two subscales of “medication knowledge and skills” and “medication treatment” of the “educational background”, “nature of preschool”, “location of teaching”, “title” and children’s medication knowledge of preschool educators had predictive effects on the summative scale for children’s medication safety behavior. Relevant suggestions are proposed based on the results of this study as reference for preschool educators, preschools or associated governmental organizations and future researchers.