Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Turkish Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, cilt.14, sa.1, ss.131-140, 2020 (Hakemli Dergi)
Introduction: Child labour is a global issue including employers, families and children and involves multidisciplinary solutions. The aim of the study is todetermine the relationship between the children rights and the point of view of non-govermental organization (NGO) workers on child labour. Material andMethod: This prospective descriptive research study is accomplished in 4 months and carried out in 5 cities interviewing with 358 NGO workerscooperating with the UN International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and Confederation of Turkish Tradesmen (TESK). Sociodemographicinformation form, child labour survey questions and Child Rights Attitude Scale (ÇHTO) were used. Chi-square, Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Students’s t-test,One Way ANOVA were used for data analysis and post-hoc LSD tests for advanced analysis. Results: Being an administrator, having education atuniversity level, 11 years and more work experience increase the awareness of the employees of NGO’s on child labour. The perspectives of employees onchild labour were affected depending on gender, job position, work experience, age, education and place of residence. Their responsibility on children'srights was affected by male gender, university level education, being a manager, 26-35 age range and provinces. The data on the children rights educationreveals that administrators and workers with bachelor degree participates more in to child rights related trainings. The mean ÇHTO score was found to be33.79 ± 10.65 for the employees of NGO’s and 36.43 ± 12.25 for leaders. Participants’ attitudes on children's rights were affected in positive manner bybeing woman, 26-35 years of age, university graduation and residing in Adana province considering regionally. Conclusion: Socio-demographiccharacteristics, regional variations and training background of employees affect the NGO’s workers’ child rights attitude on child labour issues.