Abstract
Objective For maternal and child health, in addition to assistance to children, support to guardians is needed with the change in the social environment due to child-rearing. In Kobe city, from 2002/04/01, interview sheets for health check-ups at 4 months, 18 months and 3 years of age were revised and questions about child-rearing were added. The purpose of the present study was to clarify revisions to interview sheets regarding childcare support.
Methods A total of 3,308 cases of mothers and children who underwent their health check-ups between 2002/04/01 and 2002/12/31 were surveyed, and the replies in the interview sheets were analyzed using the chi-square test for independence and the Pearson's correlation coefficient.
Results In addition to children's development, factors for child-rearing in the home, including cooperation from the father, are of great importance. Moreover, subjectivity about mother's child-rearing is influenced by the support of child-rearing friends.
Conclusions Public health nurses should use not only the replies in interview sheets but also the appearance of guardians at health check-ups as important factors for screening. Further consideration of the influence of each question for evaluation is necessary to establish screening standards.
