title: Comparison of knowledge, attitudes and behaviour of health professionals and parents regarding child injuries.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We wanted to primarily examine the knowledge, attitudes and behaviour of parents and health workers (community nurses and paediatricians) regarding child injuries in order to understand the essence of the problem and to find out the most common misconceptions.
  
  
  METHODS
  Respondents were tested through an anonymous, self-administered questionnaire and all p values below 0.05 were considered significant.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of all respondents, paediatricians answered accurately most of the questions considering knowledge than the other groups. More than 90% of respondents, in all groups, identified correct answers to 10 questions about attitudes towards child injury prevention and safety promotion.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study, which shows the current level of knowledge, attitudes and behaviour patterns of parents and health professionals in Croatia, could help in the preparation of appropriate prevention programmes.
authors.forename: Nikolina
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Brčina
authors.forename: Aida
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mujkić
authors.forename: Milan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Milošević
authors.forename: Maja
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miškulin
authors.forename: Anne Baber
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Wallis
mesh_terms: D017523:Croatia / Q000453:epidemiology; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D010372:Pediatrics; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology; D012449:Safety; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*