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Information as a crucial factor for toilet training by parents
Author(s) -
Van Aggelpoel Tinne,
Vermandel Alexandra,
Fraeyman Jessica,
Massart Michiel,
Van Hal Guido
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
child: care, health and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1365-2214
pISSN - 0305-1862
DOI - 10.1111/cch.12653
Subject(s) - toilet , milestone , focus group , trustworthiness , nonprobability sampling , qualitative research , psychology , medical education , focus (optics) , medicine , social psychology , sociology , population , social science , physics , environmental health , archaeology , pathology , anthropology , optics , history
Background Toilet training (TT) is a milestone in a child's development. Nowadays, children complete TT later than previous generations. This can have detrimental consequences for the child, the parents, and the environment. TT is experienced as difficult and time‐consuming; parents could benefit from guidelines to assist in this process. Methods Focus group discussions (FGDs) were used to explore parents' experiences in an inductive approach applying purposive sampling. The FGDs aimed to explore the type of information parents wanted to receive on TT, from whom and how. Results After six FGDs, including 37 participants with personal experience in TT, data saturation was achieved. The findings of this qualitative study show that reputable agencies, family, friends, day‐care workers, and nursery school teachers were considered very helpful and trustworthy sources. TT information should be easily understandable and not contain scientific terms or much text. A colourful and illustrated brochure sent by regular mail is preferred. Conclusion Our study allows to develop a source of correct and wanted information about TT that parents can and want to use, which helps them completing this training more easily and timely.