NGHIÊN CỨU KIẾN THỨC VÀ THÁI ĐỘ CỦA GIÁO VIÊN MẦM NON VỀ CHĂM SÓC SỨC KHỎE TÂM THẦN TẠI TỈNH VĨNH LONG NĂM 2023 - 2024

Abstract

Background: Mental health care for preschool children is an issue of concern today. Preschool teachers are the ones who regularly come into contact with children of preschool and kindergarten age. Early recognition and detection of children with mental disorders for early counseling, monitoring, and intervention is extremely necessary. Objectives: Determine the proportion of preschool teachers with the right knowledge and attitudes about mental health care and analyze a number of factors related to the knowledge and attitudes of preschool teachers in Vinh Long province in 2023-2024. Meterials and Methods: Research on 2,160 people participating in screening in the double X strategy at medical facilities in Vinh Long province using a set of prepared questions and data processed from SPSS 27.0 software. Results: The proportion of preschool teachers with good knowledge is 18.1% and good attitudes reach 39.6%. Some factors related to the correct knowledge ratio include: previous mental health training (p<0.001), and number of training sessions (p<0.001). Some factors related to the correct attitude rate include: seniority (p<0.05), previous mental health training (p<0.001). Conclusion: Knowledge and attitudes about mental health care among preschool teachers in Vinh Long province are still low. In the coming time, the health sector needs to coordinate with the education sector to organize many training classes and professional training to improve knowledge and attitudes about mental health care for preschool teachers in Vinh Long province.