@misc{Poliaková_Nikoleta_Vedomosti, author={Poliaková, Nikoleta and Králová, Eva and Škvareninová, Jana and Grabczak, Pavel}, howpublished={online}, publisher={Vilnius: Mykolas Romeris Universitetas}, language={sk}, abstract={Parents are responsible for healthy development of their children. To educate children to safe childhood without injuries, it is necessary to have positive attitude and professional knowledge about the injury prevention.}, abstract={Aims: To verify the parental knowledge and attitudes of injury prevention in pre-schoolers, the way of implementing precautions and compare the behaviour of parents in relation to injury prevention based on their residence, education and age.}, abstract={Research sample: 100 parents of pre-schoolers. The sample was divided in two subsamples. The first research sample consisted of 50 parents who lived in a city and the second research sample consisted of 50 parents who lived in a village.}, abstract={Methods: Quantitative research with used non-standardised questionnaire aimed at surveying the kind of injuries and the use of affordable precautions by parents. The results were evaluated by using descriptive and inductive statistics. From non-parametrical tests there was used chi-square.}, abstract={Results: Research results refer to the fact that more than 50% parents have experienced injury of their pre-school child. The dominated injury was the fall from height. The greatest attention of the parents was devoted to using safety devices during sport, keeping aside of the hot meals and drinks, matches, and detergents. The parents did not supervise their children during all their sport activities. At least 10% of parents did not always use seats for children. Precautions were not significant according to residence, but it was related to education of parents. There was not verified significant relationship between the age of the parents and precautions.}, abstract={Conclusion: Adequate knowledge and positive attitude of parents contribute to injury prevention in children. Educating children to safe behaviour and use of safety aids and precautions contribute to the safe environment for games and movement of children. It is important to devote more attention to injury prevention by co-operation of the family, school, healthcare and paramedics.}, type={rozdział w książce}, title={Vedomosti a postoje rodičov v prevencii úrazov u detí predškolského veku = Parental Knowledge and Attitudes of Injury Prevention in Pre-Schoolers}, keywords={knowledge, attitude, prevention, parents, child injuries, wiedza, postawa, profilaktyka, rodzice, obrażenia dzieci}, }