KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICES OF MOTHERS TOWARDS HOME ACCIDENTS AMONG CHILDREN IN HOLY KERBALA CITY.

Children's injuries at home are increasingly being recognized as a public health issue that may be avoided with improved awareness, safe practices, and improvements to the home environment. Preschool children are particularly vulnerable to home accidents, and providing information to mothers about how to protect their children in the event of an accident has a significant influence on reducing the number of injuries among children. The goal of this study was to assess the mother perception toward home accidents among children and determine the mothers' baseline knowledge, attitudes, and practices about home accidents in their children and to find out the relationship between the mother perception toward home accidents among children and demographic data. 368 women who attended outpatient pediatric clinics at the Maternity and Children Hospital in Karbala Region were studied in a crosssectional study. Mothers' sociodemographic factors, knowledge, attitude, and practices about home accidents were all included in a self-administered questionnaire. All of the results were given a good, fair, or poor rating. Mothers were given health education messages. The study's findings revealed that over twothirds of participants (63.28 percent) rely on social media for information regarding home accidents. More than a third (35.9%) had insufficient knowledge, roughly 38% had a positive attitude, and less than a third (29%) had suitable practices in the event of a house mishap. There was no significant correlation between mothers' KAP scores and their ages. However, Working mothers and those with a university education had much higher knowledge and attitude scores. Mothers who had had first-aid training and had a history of child injury at home were considerably more educated and practiced proper first-aid procedures. Participants from families with a greater income had more proper practices. Protecting children from domestic violence requires a multifaceted approach. In addition to combined government and community efforts, an intervention is required to bridge the knowledge gap and enhance mothers' attitudes and practices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]