title: [A cross-sectional investigation on cognition and health education needs on child neglect among parents/carers to the preschool children in Guangdong Province].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the cognition and health education needs on child neglect among parents/carers to the preschool children in Guangdong Province.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 621 parents/carers of preschool children aged 3-6 years from four cities (Dongguan, Huizhou, Zhongshan, and Foshan) in Guangdong Province completed self-designed questionnaires concerning the cognition and health education needs on child neglects.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Only 5.4% of the parents/carers had a good knowledge of child neglect, and 55.9% had never heard about this term. About 90.5%-90.7%of the surveyed parents/carers were willing to learn more about child neglect and 94.6%-97.4% of them agreed that education on child neglect was necessary. It was found that normal brochures, books, newspapers, and magazines were the preferred way of education for parents/carers (77.0%); also nearly half of the parents/carers welcomed courses (55.6%) or lectures (49.1%). Most of them believed that awareness raising activities should be carried out in kindergarten (70.5%), public places (61.4%) or by providing collective training for teachers in kindergarten (59.6%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Most parents/carers of preschool children in Guangdong Province have a poor knowledge of child neglect. Efforts should be made to strengthen awareness raising activities on this topic via appropriate pathways.
authors.affiliation: Conghua College of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510925, China.
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jing
authors.forename: Qin-Huai
authors.initials: QH
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Shao-Long
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Xian
authors.forename: Dan-Hong
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zeng
mesh_terms: D017028:Caregivers; D002649:Child Abuse; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003071:Cognition; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D010290:Parents