CAN TURKISH FAMILIES USE THE INTERNET EFFECTIVELY WHILE RAISING CHILDREN?

Year 2020, Volume: 9 Issue: 1, 81 - 89, 30.06.2020

Aysun Kara Uzun , Günay Kaplan , İlknur Külhaş Çelik , Betül Büyüktiryaki , Bahar Çuhacı Çakır , Can Naci Kocabaş , Ersoy Civelek

Abstract

Türk aileleri çocuk yetiştirirken interneti etkin kullanabiliyorlar mı?
ÖZET
Amaç: İnternet diğer birçok alanda olduğu gibi sağlık alanında da yaşamımızın önemli bir parçası haline geldi. Ailelerin çocuklarla ilgili konulardaki internet kullanım alışkanlıklarını değerlendirmeyi amaçladık.
Yöntem: Bu çalışma Mart 2017-Temmuz 2017 tarihleri arasında, pediatri polikliniğine başvuran, 18 yaşın altındaki çocukların ebeveynleri tarafından doldurulmuş bir anket formu kullanılarak yapılmıştır.
Bulgular: 489 katılımcının ortanca yaşı 32 idi. Çocukları 6 yaşından küçük olan aileler çoğunlukla (% 57.8) internette büyüme ve gelişme konusunda arama yaptıklarını belirtirken, 6-12 yaşları arasında ve 12 yaşından büyük çocuğu olan aileler ise çoğunlukla internette okul başarısı ile ilgili bilgiler hakkında arama yaptıklarını belirtmişlerdir (sırasıyla% 44.7 ve% 58.2). Katılımcıların% 87,5'i çocuklarını bir sağlık merkezine götürmeden önce problemleri hakkında internette arama yaptıklarını ve yarıdan fazlası (% 56,6) konu hakkında internetten elde ettikleri bilgileri yararsız bulduklarını ya da kararsız kaldıklarını belirtmişlerdir.
Sonuç: Ailelerin çocuklarını büyütürken karşılaştıkları özellikle sağlıkla ilgili konularda interneti etkili bir şekilde kullanamadıklarını gözlemledik. In addition, parents should be encouraged, during healthcare visits, to take advantage of the internet, because they highly trust the information that they obtain from healthcare providers. Yanısıra; aileler sağlık vizitleri sırasında internetin faydaları konusunda teşvik edilmelidirler. Çünkü; aileler sağlık hizmet sunucularından edindikleri bilgilere çok güvenmektedirler.
Anahtar Kelimeler: adolesan, çocuk, aile, sağlık, internet



Can Turkish families use the internet effectively while raising children?
ABSTRACT
Objective: The internet has become an important part of our lives in the field of health, as well as in many other areas. We aimed to evaluate the internet usage habits of families in issues related to children.
Method: This study was conducted from March 2017 to July 2017 using a survey form filled by the parents of children under the age of 18 years old who presented to the pediatric outpatient clinic.
Results: Of the 489 participants’ the median age was 32 years old. The families with children under 6 years old stated that they mostly (57.8%) searched the internet for information about growth and development, while the families with children between 6 and 12 years old and > 12 years old reported that they mostly searched the internet for information about school success (44.7% and 58.2%, respectively). Of the participants, 87.5% reported that they searched the internet for information about their problems before taking their children to a healthcare center, and more than half (56.6%) stated that the knowledge they obtained from the internet was useless or they remained indecisive with regard to this issue.
Conclusion: We observed that the families were unable to use the internet effectively, especially with regard to the health related issues they faced while raising their children. In addition, parents should be encouraged, during healthcare visits, to take advantage of the internet, because they highly trust the information that they obtain from healthcare providers.
Keywords: adolescent, child, family, health, internet

Keywords

adolescent, internet, , child, family, health

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