Prevention of household accidents in children aged below 5 years: perceptions of the mother

Abstract

The present study maternal in the prevention of domestic accidents to the lesser child of 5 years has for purpose to identify the perception. One is about an exploratory, descriptive study from the perspective of qualitative boarding. The evaluations show that the mothers present difficulty in dissocial the phenomenon of the unforeseeable. It does not identify the increased risk, in function of the development and the construction of its cognitive abilities, what it makes it difficult its concretion of the danger notion. It fits to the professionals to help the mothers in the understanding of the development of the children; as well as, change in the environment identifying and eliminating factors that compromise the protection of the child.