Purpose This study aimed to investigate the anxiety levels of healthcare workers and the coping strategies they used for stress during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Design and Methods This descriptive cross‐sectional study was carried out in April 2020 in Turkey with 444 healthcare workers via three online questionnaires: A participant information form, the State Anxiety Inventory (SAI), and the Ways of Coping Questionnaire. Findings Healthcare workers might be considered to experience more anxiety during the pandemic than shown in the studies conducted before the pandemic. Significant differences in SAI score were found in terms of age, gender, and education status. Practice Implications Age, gender, and some variables related to the pandemic affected the anxiety levels and coping strategies of healthcare workers.

Çocuk işçiliği, dünyada yaygın olarak ve farklı boyutlarda görülen sosyal bir sorundur. Yoksulluk, muhtaçlık, işsizlik, sığınmacı göçü, bölgeler arası iç göç, kentleşme süreci doğrudan veya dolaylı olarak toplumun tüm nüfus gruplarını etkilemektedir. Bu etkilerden birisi de çocuğun sokakta gelir getirici faaliyetleri yapmasını sağlayıcı aktivitelerdir. Çocuk, sokakta gelir getirici aktiviteleri yaparken birçok riskle de karşı karşıya kalmaktadır. Sokakta çalışan çocuk günlük yaşamının birçoğunu sokaklarda, caddelerde, parklarda, cami avluları, alışveriş merkezi çıkışları, restoran çıkışları gibi mekânlarda geçirmektedir. Bu durum, çocuğun sağlık düzeylerini biyolojik, fiziksel ve ruhsal olarak olumsuz etkilemekte, toplum kökenli hastalıklar riskleri ile karşı karşıya kalmasına neden olmaktadır. Bu çalışmanın hedefi, sağlık hizmetleri kapsamında sokakta çalışan çocuklarda sık görülen sağlık problemleri, hemşirelerin sokak çocuklarına yönelik tutumları ve sağlık hizmetleri sunumunda üstlendikleri rollerin belirlenmesidir.

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Problem Refugee children and their families encounter various challenges in a new country. Studies on this issue reveal the presence of negative expectations on the future and life among refugees. This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between quality of life and future expectations in refugee adolescents. Methods This descriptive and cross‐sectional study was conducted in Turkey. In this study, 76 refugee adolescents between the ages of 12 and 18 participated. The study data were collected between September and December 2019 from two of the schools located in Istanbul. Study data were collected by using Future Expectation Scale for Adolescents (FESA) and Pediatric Quality of Life Questionnaire (PedsQL). Findings The mean ages of the participants were 15.7 ± 1.1 and all of them were females. A positive relationship was found between future expectations and quality of life. Conclusions The results showed that a positive significant relation was detected between quality‐of‐life scores and future expectations' scores. Understanding the factors affecting future expectations of refugee adolescents will help to plan interventions compatible with issues confronting adolescents.

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Background Parents use alternative protective methods instead of having their children vaccinated because of their various concerns. Aims The aim of this study is to examine the processes by which the parents preferred alternative methods rather than the vaccines to strengthen their child's immune system. Methods Semi-structured, qualitative interviews were conducted with 22 parents who had vaccine hesitancy. The study sample consisted of parents whose children were between the ages of 0 and 18 years and who experienced vaccine hesitancy and lived in Turkey. The interviews with individuals were conducted online and aimed to be representative of the population of Turkey. Results The factors that caused parental vaccine hesitancy were various, such as vaccine contents, distrust of healthcare workers and false information about vaccines. Because of these factors, parents resorted to natural nutrition, vitamin support and some other precautions, such as avoiding takeaway food or preparing homemade food, rather than having their children vaccinated. Conclusions In recent years, it is thought that parents need education about vaccination; outbreaks may be caused by immigrant children who cannot be registered, and therefore cannot be vaccinated, in Turkey, which has received immigration at a high rate.

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between mothers' childhood traumatic experiences and parenting styles. This descriptive study was conducted with 355 participants in Turkey. Data were collected using the Participant Information Form, Childhood Trauma Questionnaire and Parenting Styles and Dimensions Questionnaire between September and December 2019. Descriptive statistics, Student t-test, one-way ANOVA and correlation analysis were performed. Parenting styles did not change according to the socio-demographic characteristics of the mothers. It was found that as the childhood traumatic experiences increased, their authoritarian and permissive styles increased while their authoritative styles decreased. It would be helpful to explore parents' experiences of childhood trauma and then provide support accordingly and appropriately. K E Y W O R D S attitude, childhood trauma, mother-child relations, mothers, parenting behaviour Key Practitioner Messages• School nurses can conduct questionnaires to assess parents' attitudes and childhood abuse experiences. • Standard training can be planned for mothers who were abused and neglected in their childhood, which will positively affect their attitudes towards their children. • Nurses working in hospitals or family health centres can plan and implement trainings starting from the prenatal or antenatal period to ensure that expectant mothers develop healthy parenting attitudes.