Information Package / Course Catalogue
Child Survival and Protection
Course Code: HF372
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

The aim of this course is to provide the students with information and awareness about the measures and practices for the survival and protection of the child.

Course Content

These include the rights and values of the child, the laws for the protection and survival of the child, the situations that threaten the protection and survival of the child, and the measures to be taken for the safety and protection of the child according to the developmental periods.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Identifying situations that put children's health at risk in the world and in our country
2.Knowing children's rights
3.To know the institutions and projects for the protection and survival of the child
4.Be in conflict with situations that threaten the protection and survival of the child
5.Knowing the measures to be taken for the safety and protection of the child according to their developmental periods
6.Knowledge of the legal aspects and regulations concerning the protection and survival of children
Recommended or Required Reading
1.London ML, Ladewig PW, Ball JW, Bindler RC. Maternal-Newborn & Child Nursing. Family- Centered Care. Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 2003.
2.Wong DL, et al. (2018). Wong’s Essentials of Pediatric Nursing. Mosby, 6th ed., St. Louis.
3.Bal Yılmaz, H., Bolışık, B., & Conk, Z.(2021). Pediatri Hemşireliği, III. Baskı, Akademisyen Kitabevi.
4.www.unicef.org.tr
5.http://www.ilo.org
6.Hockenberry, M. J., & Wilson, D. (2018). Wong's Nursing Care of Infants and Children-E-Book: Wong's Nursing Care of Infants and Children-E-Book. Elsevier Health Sciences.
7.Hockenberry, M. J., Wilson, D., & Rodgers, C. C. (2021). Wong's essentials of pediatric nursing-e-book. Elsevier health sciences.
8.Kyle T. (2008). Essential of Pediatric Nursing. Lippincott. Williams & Wilkins Comp, China.…
9.Sağlam M., Aral N. (2016). Concepts of Children and Childhood within the Historical Process. Children and Civilisation Journal 2:43-56.
10.Karadoğan U.C. (2019). An Evaluation of the Concept of Children and Childhood in the Historical Process. Children and Civilisation Journal 1: 195–226.
11.Şenol, S. (Ed.). (2023). Paediatric Nursing IV. Akademisyen Publishing House.
12.Arslan, S. (2023). Fundamentals of Paediatric Nursing. 1st Edition. Istanbul: Nobel Medical Publishers.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Child concept and importance
Week 2 - Theoretical
Children's rights and ethics
Week 3 - Theoretical
Situations that put children's lives at risk around the world and in Turkey
Week 4 - Theoretical
Media and children
Week 5 - Theoretical
Migration-Wars and child
Week 6 - Theoretical
Situations that threaten the protection and survival of the child: Model addict family and child
Week 7 - Theoretical
Children living on the street
Week 8 - Theoretical
Child labor
Week 9 - Theoretical
Child abuse and neglect
Week 10 - Theoretical
The single parent family and child
Week 11 - Theoretical
Poverty and deprivation and child
Week 12 - Theoretical
Natural disaster and children
Week 13 - Theoretical
Children living in the institution
Week 14 - Theoretical
Children with disabilities
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory144284
Midterm Examination1819
Final Examination1819
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)102
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
OÇ-1
1
1
1
1
1
OÇ-2
1
1
1
2
1
OÇ-3
1
1
1
1
OÇ-4
2
1
1
1
1
OÇ-5
1
1
1
1
OÇ-6
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026