IMPACT OF UNFAVORABLE FAMILY, SOCIAL AND ETHNIC CONDITIONS ON CHILDRENS’ RIGHT AND HEALTH
Abstract
Introduction: Health care in the Republic of Serbia, in accordance with legal regulations, is organized as a "comprehensive activity of society with the basic goal of achieving the highest possible level of preserving the health of citizens."
Aim of the paper: The aim of the research is to point out the need for improvement of familiar, social and ethnic circumstances in which the child grows up.
Methodology: The sample consisted of 104 parents of child patients and 69 health workers and associates who work with children at the KBC "Dr Dragisa Misovic-Dedinje". The SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) program version 14.0 was used in data processing. Measures of descriptive statistics, frequencies and percentages were used.
Results: In a large percentage, 82.6% of health care professionals answered that unfavorable family, social and ethnic circumstances negatively affect childrens’ right and health, 4.3% are not sure, and 13% answered that such opportunities have no impact . The obtained results indicate that 62.5% of parents believe that unfavorable familliar, social and ethical circumstances affect childrens’ right and health, 11.5% of parents believe that these unfavorable opportunities do not affect the rights of children in health care, while 26 .0% of parents are unsure.
Conclusion: Health professionals and parents perceive unfavorable familiar, social and ethnic circumstances as an obstacle to the realization of children's rights and adequate health care for children.
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