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| Investigation into current status and requirement of nurturing care in an early childhood development base in Shanghai Pudong New Area |
| ZHANG Lishan1, JIN Xingming2, XU Lei1, SHI Junyao1 |
| 1 . Shanghai Pudong Center for Women and Children’s Health, Shanghai 201399, China; 2. Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200127, China |
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Abstract Objective To investigate the current status and requirement of nurturing care in an early childhood development base in Shanghai Pudong New Area, and provide evidence for promoting the early development of children. Methods A convenience sampling method was used. Caregivers from 4 community health centers in an early childhood development base were surveyed with questionnaires between July and December 2021. The questionnaires were used to collect the following information: the parenting skills, the cognition of early childhood development, the current status of nurturing care, and the requirement of early childhood development service. The anxiety symptoms of the caregivers were also screened. Results Most of the caregivers had good parenting knowledge and skills; 27 . 5 % of the caregivers had received some service of early childhood development, and 54.7 % of the caregivers considered that they had adequate parenting skills. The families with mother having a bachelor degree or above, single-child family, and the families with agreement to some parenting knowledge were more likely to accept early childhood development knowledge. But 34.4 % of the caregivers were found to have different degrees of anxiety symptoms related to nurturing care, and self-assessment of the parenting skills was negatively correlated with the anxiety symptom degree. Conclusion The early childhood development program has its drawback, and the coverage rate of the early childhood development service is relatively low. The guidance of nurturing care aimed at the weakness of current parenting skills should be provided to the families and caregivers, thus to enhance the parenting skills, and to promote the early development of children ultimately.
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