Peer-reviewed article
Survey on the Ability of Medical Staff in Nurturing and Nursing for Infants and Young Children Aged 0~3 Years in Chongqing and Research on Improvement Countermeasures
利 喻 ·
Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001This survey assessed the ability of medical staff in Chongqing, China to provide nurturing care for infants and young children aged 0–3 years. Medical staff scored an average of 6.40 out of 10, indicating a good but improvable level of competence. Nutritional care was the strongest area, while health care was the weakest. The study found significant differences between district-level and primary care institutions in massage therapy skills.
Key points
- Medical staff's average ability in nurturing care for 0–3 year-olds was 6.40 ± 2.42 on a scale evaluated as 'good level'
- Nutritional care dimension scored highest (6.99 ± 2.50), while health care scored lowest (6.26 ± 2.47)
- District-level medical institutions scored significantly higher than primary institutions in massage therapy ability (P < 0.05)
- Study recommends strengthening continuing education, inter-professional collaboration, integration of health care and education, and emphasis on responsive care
Limitations
The document does not provide information on how the scoring scale was validated or what constitutes each competency level. The study measures self-assessed ability rather than observed performance or child outcomes, which may not reflect actual practice quality.
Abstract
目的：探讨重庆市医护人员0~3岁婴幼儿养育照护能力现状并分析存在的问题，为提升医护人员婴幼儿照护能力提出建议。方法：基于养育照护框架，编制医护人员0~3岁婴幼儿养育照护能力自评问卷，采用分层随机整群抽样，对重庆市从事0~3岁婴幼儿照护服务的医护人员进行问卷调查，通过t检验对比区级医疗机构和基层医疗机构得分的差异。结果：重庆市医护人员0~3岁婴幼儿养育照护能力平均分为(6.40 ± 2.42)分，属于良好水平，5个维度中营养照护维度得分(6.99 ± 2.50分)最高，健康照护维度得分(6.26 ± 2.47分)最低；区级医疗机构和基层医疗机构推拿保健能力得分差异有统计学意义(t = −2.164, P Objective: To discuss the current situation and analyze the problems of medical staff in nurturing and nursing for children aged 0~3 years in Chongqing, and to make suggestions for improving the ability of medical staff in infant and toddler caring. Methods: Based on the nurturing care framework, a self-assessment questionnaire on the nurturing care ability of medical staff for infants and young children aged 0~3 years was compiled, and a questionnaire survey was conducted using stratified randomized whole-cluster sampling on medical staff engaged in the health care services for children aged 0~3 years in Chongqing, and the differences in scores of district-level medical institutions and primary medical institutions were compared by t-tests. Results: The average score of medical staff’s ability in nurturing care for children aged 0~3 years was (6.40 ± 2.42), which was at a good level, and among the five dimensions, the score of nutritional care dimension (6.99 ± 2.50) was the highest, and health care (6.26 ± 2.47) was the lowest; the difference in the scores of district-level and primary medical institutions’ ability to massage therapy was statistically significant (t = −2.164, P < 0.05). Conclusions: The ability of Chongqing medical staff to nurture care for children aged 0~3 years needs to be improved, and It is recommended that continuing education in health care be strengthened, inter-professional collaboration be established to enhance their knowledge and skills in child psychology, the integration of health care and education be implemented to strengthen guidance on early learning opportunities, and the importance of responsive care be strengthened in health care institutions.