Parents' knowledge and behaviour concerning sunning their babies; a cross-sectional, descriptive study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

For centuries, sunlight has been used for therapeutic purposes. Parents still sun their infants to treat neonatal jaundice, nappy rash or mostly to supply vitamin D for bone development as a consequence of health beliefs. In this study we aimed to assess knowledge and behaviour of parents about benefits of sunlight and sun protection.

Methods

In this study, parents attending to governmental primary healthcare units for their children's routine vaccinations, upon their informed consent, were consecutively enrolled during one month. Data were collected by a semi-structured questionnaire.

Results

The mean age of 118 enrolled parents and their babies were 27.9 +/- 6.5 years and 8.3 +/- 5.8 months, respectively. Most of the participants were mothers (93.2%), hou

SUBMITTER: Aladag N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1634747 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature