Women's Education Levels and Its Impact on Their Attitudes towards Children's Health Development

Autor/in	Bjorgen, Kathrine
Titel	Women's Education Levels and Its Impact on Their Attitudes towards Children's Health Development
Quelle	In: Early Child Development and Care, 181 (2011) 1, S.73-87 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4430
Schlagwörter	Employees; Health Promotion; Mothers; Preschool Children; Foreign Countries; Kindergarten; Educational Environment; Womens Education; Educational Attainment; Child Health; Child Development; Socioeconomic Status; Socioeconomic Influences; Correlation; Questionnaires; Teacher Attitudes; Parent Attitudes; Attitude Measures; Norway + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Employee; Arbeitnehmer; Beschäftigter; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Mother; Mutter; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Ausland; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; 'Women''s education'; Frauenbildung; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Kindesentwicklung; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Korrelation; Fragebogen; Lehrerverhalten; Elternverhalten; Norwegen
Abstract	Relations between socio-economic differences and health have previously been well documented, but women's education level and relative attitudes towards children's health development has been seldom found in studies. This paper examines the relation between women's education level and their attitudes in understanding kindergarten children's health and its positive development in practice. Kindergartens in Norway offer preschool children of ages one to six years not only care, but also an educational environment that benefits each child. Mothers of children in kindergarten and kindergarten employees were asked to fill out a questionnaire. Twelve kindergartens were included in this research, totalling 310 adults. Overall 196 mothers and 114 kindergarten employees answered questions about their attitudes concerning children's health. Results indicated that highly educated mothers seem to lay more emphasis on different aspects of positive health development in children than mothers with a lower-education level. However, kindergarten employees' responses were unaffected by education level. Instead, there seemed to be a more homogeneous understanding of the factors promoting positive health for children. Results are discussed in terms of the importance of adults' understanding, knowledge and attitudes towards health-related issues and their impacts on kindergarten children's positive health development. (Contains 6 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10