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Objective: This study was implemented for the purpose of determining the awareness and applications of attendant parents regarding the falls in pediatric population and precautions to be taken. Methods: The descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out with 350 attendant parents in pediatry clinics of a public hospital in Afyonkarahisar between 01.01.2019-01.04.2019. The data were gathered via data collection form consisting of three parts and Harizmi Fall Risk Scale. Results: It was determined that the majority of the attendant parents were women (92.8%) and mothers of the pediatric patients (82.6%). It was determined that only 61.4% of the attendant parents had been informed by clinical nurses on adaptation to clinical and patient room in case of hospitalization, whereas 42. 3% had not been informed about the prevention of the risk of fall in the child attended. It was found that 58.9% of the pediatric patients who were attended had a higher risk of fall and their score average of the risk of fall was 22.43±5.07. It was determined that the attendant parents had higher awareness and applications concerning risk factors that could arise from the hospital environment and there were insufficient applications aimed at individual risk factors of fall concerning children and parent-related preventive behaviors. Conclusion: It was concluded that parents attending pediatric patients did not have sufficient levels of awareness and applications regarding risk factors that could cause children to fall and there was a need for training.

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