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Burns are devastating injuries that cause significant morbidity, emotional distress, and decreased quality of life. Advances in care have improved survival and functional outcomes; however, burns remain a major public health problem in developing countries. More than 95% of burns occur in low- and middle-income countries, where access to basic health care is limited. The upper extremity is involved in the majority of severe burn injuries. The purpose of this article is to review upper extremity burn epidemiology, risk factors, prevention strategies, and treatment options in resource-limited settings.
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- Sarah E. Sasor
- Hand Surgery Fellow, Department of Surgery, Section of Plastic Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Section of Plastic Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Burgess J, Watt K, Kimble RM, Cameron CM. Combining Technology and Research to Prevent Scald Injuries (the Cool Runnings Intervention): Randomized Controlled Trial. J Med Internet Res 2018; 20:e10361. [PMID: 30305263 PMCID: PMC6234332 DOI: 10.2196/10361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2018] [Revised: 05/28/2018] [Accepted: 08/21/2018] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Background New technologies, internet accessibility, social media, and increased smartphone ownership provide new opportunities for health researchers to communicate and engage target audiences. An innovative burn prevention intervention was developed using these channels. Objective The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of Cool Runnings, an app-based intervention to increase knowledge of childhood burn risk (specifically hot beverage scalds) and correct burn first aid among mothers of young children. Methods This was a 2-group, parallel, single-blinded randomized controlled trial (RCT). Participants were women aged 18 years and above, living in Queensland, Australia, with at least 1 child aged 5-12 months at time of enrollment. The primary outcome measures were change in knowledge about risk of burns and correct burn first aid assessed via 2 methods: (1) overall score and (2) categorized as adequate (score=4) versus inadequate (score<4). Efficacy of gamification techniques was also assessed. Results In total, 498 participants were recruited via social media and enrolled. At the 6-month follow-up, 244 participants completed the posttest questionnaire. Attrition rates in both groups were similar. Participants who remained in the study did not differ from those lost to follow-up on any characteristics except education level. Although similar at baseline, intervention group participants achieved significantly greater improvement in overall knowledge posttest than control group participants on both primary outcome measures (overall knowledge intervention: mean [SD] of overall knowledge 2.68 [SD 1.00] for intervention vs 2.13 [SD 1.03] for control; 20.7% [25/121] adequate in intervention vs 7.3% [2/123] in control). Consequently, the number needed to treat was 7.46. Logistic regression showed participants exposed to the highest level of disadvantage had 7.3 times higher odds of improved overall knowledge scores than participants in other levels of disadvantage. There were also significant correlations between gamification techniques and knowledge change (P<.001). In addition, odds of knowledge improvement between baseline and 6-month follow-up was higher in participants with low-moderate app activity compared with no app activity (odds ratio [OR] 8.59, 95% CI 2.9-25.02) and much higher in participants with high app activity (OR 18.26, 95% CI 7.1-46.8). Conclusions Despite substantial loss to follow-up, this RCT demonstrates the Cool Runnings app was an effective intervention for improving knowledge about risks of hot beverage scalds and burn first aid in mothers of young children. The benefits of combining gamification elements in the intervention were also highlighted. Given the low cost and large reach of smartphone apps to deliver content to and engage with targeted populations, the results from this RCT provide important information on how smartphone apps can be used for widespread injury prevention campaigns and public health campaigns generally. Trial Registration Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12616000019404; https://www.anzctr.org.au/Trial/Registration/TrialReview.aspx?id=369745&showOriginal=true&isReview=true (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/72b1E8gTW)
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- Jacqueline Burgess
- Centre for Children's Burns and Trauma Research, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.,Pegg Leditschke Children's Burns Centre, Lady Cilento Childen's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.,Wound Management Innovation Cooperative Research Centre, Brisbane, Australia
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- College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
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- Pegg Leditschke Children's Burns Centre, Lady Cilento Childen's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.,Department of Paediatric Surgery, Urology Burns & Trauma Unit, Lady Cilento Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
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- Jamieson Trauma Institute, Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, Metro North Hospital and Health Services District, Brisbane, Australia.,School of Public Health and Social Work, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
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Nurmatov UB, Mullen S, Quinn-Scoggins H, Mann M, Kemp A. The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of first aid interventions for burns given to caregivers of children: A systematic review. Burns 2017; 44:512-523. [PMID: 28784346 DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2017.05.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2017] [Revised: 05/09/2017] [Accepted: 05/25/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVES the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of burns first-aid educational interventions given to caregivers of children. METHODS Systematic review of eligible studies from seven databases, international journals, trials repositories and contacted international experts. RESULTS Of 985 potential studies, four met the inclusion criteria. All had high risk of bias and weak global rating. Two studies identified a statistically significant increase in knowledge after of a media campaign. King et al. (41.7% vs 63.2%, p<0.0001), Skinner et al. (59% vs 40%, p=0.004). Skinner et al. also identified fewer admissions (64.4% vs 35.8%, p<0.001) and surgical procedures (25.6% vs 11.4%, p<0.001). Kua et al. identified a significant improvement in caregiver's knowledge (22.9% vs 78.3%, 95% CI 49.2, 61.4) after face-to-face education intervention. Ozyazicioglu et al. evaluated the effect of a first-aid training program and showed a reduction in use of harmful traditional methods for burns in children (29% vs 16.1%, p<0.001). No data on cost-effectiveness was identified. CONCLUSION There is a paucity of high quality research in this field and considerable heterogeneity across the included studies. Delivery and content of interventions varied. However, studies showed a positive effect on knowledge. No study evaluated the direct effect of the intervention on first aid administration. High quality clinical trials are needed.
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- Ulugbek B Nurmatov
- Division of Population Medicine, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, CF 14 4YS, Cardiff, Wales, UK.
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- Paediatric Emergency Department, University Hospitals of Wales, CF 14 4XW, Cardiff, Wales, UK; The Scar Free Foundation Centre for Children's Burns Research, CF 14 4YS, Cardiff, Wales, UK.
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- Division of Population Medicine, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, CF 14 4YS, Cardiff, Wales, UK; The Scar Free Foundation Centre for Children's Burns Research, CF 14 4YS, Cardiff, Wales, UK.
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- Specialist Unit for Review Evidence, Cardiff University, CF 14 4YS, Cardiff, Wales, UK.
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- Division of Population Medicine, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, CF 14 4YS, Cardiff, Wales, UK; The Scar Free Foundation Centre for Children's Burns Research, CF 14 4YS, Cardiff, Wales, UK.
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Kendrick D, Young B, Mason-Jones AJ, Ilyas N, Achana FA, Cooper NJ, Hubbard SJ, Sutton AJ, Smith S, Wynn P, Mulvaney C, Watson MC, Coupland C. Home safety education and provision of safety equipment for injury prevention (Review). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 8:761-939. [PMID: 23877910 DOI: 10.1002/ebch.1911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND In industrialised countries injuries (including burns, poisoning or drowning) are the leading cause of childhood death and steep social gradients exist in child injury mortality and morbidity. The majority of injuries in pre-school children occur at home but there is little meta-analytic evidence that child home safety interventions reduce injury rates or improve a range of safety practices, and little evidence on their effect by social group. OBJECTIVES We evaluated the effectiveness of home safety education, with or without the provision of low cost, discounted or free equipment (hereafter referred to as home safety interventions), in reducing child injury rates or increasing home safety practices and whether the effect varied by social group. SEARCH METHODS We searched the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) (2009, Issue 2) in The Cochrane Library, MEDLINE (Ovid), EMBASE (Ovid), PsycINFO (Ovid), ISI Web of Science: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), ISI Web of Science: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), ISI Web of Science: Conference Proceedings Citation Index- Science (CPCI-S), CINAHL (EBSCO) and DARE (2009, Issue 2) in The Cochrane Library. We also searched websites and conference proceedings and searched the bibliographies of relevant studies and previously published reviews. We contacted authors of included studies as well as relevant organisations. The most recent search for trials was May 2009. SELECTION CRITERIA Randomised controlled trials (RCTs), non-randomised controlled trials and controlled before and after (CBA) studies where home safety education with or without the provision of safety equipment was provided to those aged 19 years and under, and which reported injury, safety practices or possession of safety equipment. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS Two authors independently assessed study quality and extracted data. We attempted to obtain individual participant level data (IPD) for all included studies and summary data and IPD were simultaneously combined in meta-regressions by social and demographic variables. Pooled incidence rate ratios (IRR) were calculated for injuries which occurred during the studies, and pooled odds ratios were calculated for the uptake of safety equipment or safety practices, with 95% confidence intervals. MAIN RESULTS Ninety-eight studies, involving 2,605,044 people, are included in this review. Fifty-four studies involving 812,705 people were comparable enough to be included in at least one meta-analysis. Thirty-five (65%) studies were RCTs. Nineteen (35%) of the studies included in the meta-analysis provided IPD. There was a lack of evidence that home safety interventions reduced rates of thermal injuries or poisoning. There was some evidence that interventions may reduce injury rates after adjusting CBA studies for baseline injury rates (IRR 0.89, 95% CI 0.78 to 1.01). Greater reductions in injury rates were found for interventions delivered in the home (IRR 0.75, 95% CI 0.62 to 0.91), and for those interventions not providing safety equipment (IRR 0.78, 95% CI 0.66 to 0.92). Home safety interventions were effective in increasing the proportion of families with safe hot tap water temperatures (OR 1.41, 95% CI 1.07 to 1.86), functional smoke alarms (OR 1.81, 95% CI 1.30 to 2.52), a fire escape plan (OR 2.01, 95% CI 1.45 to 2.77), storing medicines (OR 1.53, 95% CI 1.27 to 1.84) and cleaning products (OR 1.55, 95% CI 1.22 to 1.96) out of reach, having syrup of ipecac (OR 3.34, 95% CI 1.50 to 7.44) or poison control centre numbers accessible (OR 3.30, 95% CI 1.70 to 6.39), having fitted stair gates (OR 1.61, 95% CI 1.19 to 2.17), and having socket covers on unused sockets (OR 2.69, 95% CI 1.46 to 4.96). Interventions providing free, low cost or discounted safety equipment appeared to be more effective in improving some safety practices than those interventions not doing so. There was no consistent evidence that interventions were less effective in families whose children were at greater risk of injury. AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS Home safety interventions most commonly provided as one-to-one, face-to-face education, especially with the provision of safety equipment, are effective in increasing a range of safety practices. There is some evidence that such interventions may reduce injury rates, particularly where interventions are provided at home. Conflicting findings regarding interventions providing safety equipment on safety practices and injury outcomes are likely to be explained by two large studies; one clinic-based study provided equipment but did not reduce injury rates and one school-based study did not provide equipment but did demonstrate a significant reduction in injury rates. There was no consistent evidence that home safety education, with or without the provision of safety equipment, was less effective in those participants at greater risk of injury. Further studies are still required to confirm these findings with respect to injury rates.
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Kendrick D, Young B, Mason-Jones AJ, Ilyas N, Achana FA, Cooper NJ, Hubbard SJ, Sutton AJ, Smith S, Wynn P, Mulvaney C, Watson MC, Coupland C. Home safety education and provision of safety equipment for injury prevention. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2012; 2012:CD005014. [PMID: 22972081 PMCID: PMC9758703 DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd005014.pub3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND In industrialised countries injuries (including burns, poisoning or drowning) are the leading cause of childhood death and steep social gradients exist in child injury mortality and morbidity. The majority of injuries in pre-school children occur at home but there is little meta-analytic evidence that child home safety interventions reduce injury rates or improve a range of safety practices, and little evidence on their effect by social group. OBJECTIVES We evaluated the effectiveness of home safety education, with or without the provision of low cost, discounted or free equipment (hereafter referred to as home safety interventions), in reducing child injury rates or increasing home safety practices and whether the effect varied by social group. SEARCH METHODS We searched the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) (2009, Issue 2) in The Cochrane Library, MEDLINE (Ovid), EMBASE (Ovid), PsycINFO (Ovid), ISI Web of Science: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), ISI Web of Science: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), ISI Web of Science: Conference Proceedings Citation Index- Science (CPCI-S), CINAHL (EBSCO) and DARE (2009, Issue 2) in The Cochrane Library. We also searched websites and conference proceedings and searched the bibliographies of relevant studies and previously published reviews. We contacted authors of included studies as well as relevant organisations. The most recent search for trials was May 2009. SELECTION CRITERIA Randomised controlled trials (RCTs), non-randomised controlled trials and controlled before and after (CBA) studies where home safety education with or without the provision of safety equipment was provided to those aged 19 years and under, and which reported injury, safety practices or possession of safety equipment. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS Two authors independently assessed study quality and extracted data. We attempted to obtain individual participant level data (IPD) for all included studies and summary data and IPD were simultaneously combined in meta-regressions by social and demographic variables. Pooled incidence rate ratios (IRR) were calculated for injuries which occurred during the studies, and pooled odds ratios were calculated for the uptake of safety equipment or safety practices, with 95% confidence intervals. MAIN RESULTS Ninety-eight studies, involving 2,605,044 people, are included in this review. Fifty-four studies involving 812,705 people were comparable enough to be included in at least one meta-analysis. Thirty-five (65%) studies were RCTs. Nineteen (35%) of the studies included in the meta-analysis provided IPD.There was a lack of evidence that home safety interventions reduced rates of thermal injuries or poisoning. There was some evidence that interventions may reduce injury rates after adjusting CBA studies for baseline injury rates (IRR 0.89, 95% CI 0.78 to 1.01). Greater reductions in injury rates were found for interventions delivered in the home (IRR 0.75, 95% CI 0.62 to 0.91), and for those interventions not providing safety equipment (IRR 0.78, 95% CI 0.66 to 0.92).Home safety interventions were effective in increasing the proportion of families with safe hot tap water temperatures (OR 1.41, 95% CI 1.07 to 1.86), functional smoke alarms (OR 1.81, 95% CI 1.30 to 2.52), a fire escape plan (OR 2.01, 95% CI 1.45 to 2.77), storing medicines (OR 1.53, 95% CI 1.27 to 1.84) and cleaning products (OR 1.55, 95% CI 1.22 to 1.96) out of reach, having syrup of ipecac (OR 3.34, 95% CI 1.50 to 7.44) or poison control centre numbers accessible (OR 3.30, 95% CI 1.70 to 6.39), having fitted stair gates (OR 1.61, 95% CI 1.19 to 2.17), and having socket covers on unused sockets (OR 2.69, 95% CI 1.46 to 4.96).Interventions providing free, low cost or discounted safety equipment appeared to be more effective in improving some safety practices than those interventions not doing so. There was no consistent evidence that interventions were less effective in families whose children were at greater risk of injury. AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS Home safety interventions most commonly provided as one-to-one, face-to-face education, especially with the provision of safety equipment, are effective in increasing a range of safety practices. There is some evidence that such interventions may reduce injury rates, particularly where interventions are provided at home. Conflicting findings regarding interventions providing safety equipment on safety practices and injury outcomes are likely to be explained by two large studies; one clinic-based study provided equipment but did not reduce injury rates and one school-based study did not provide equipment but did demonstrate a significant reduction in injury rates. There was no consistent evidence that home safety education, with or without the provision of safety equipment, was less effective in those participants at greater risk of injury. Further studies are still required to confirm these findings with respect to injury rates.
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- Denise Kendrick
- Division of Primary Care, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
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Tan KT, Prowse PM, Falder S. Ethnic differences in burn mechanism and severity in a UK paediatric population. Burns 2012; 38:551-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2011.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2011] [Revised: 10/09/2011] [Accepted: 10/13/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Are parents in the UK equipped to provide adequate burns first aid? Burns 2012; 38:438-43. [DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2011.08.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2011] [Revised: 08/25/2011] [Accepted: 08/25/2011] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Delayed cooling of an acute scald contact burn injury in a porcine model: is it worthwhile? J Burn Care Res 2009; 30:729-34. [PMID: 19506512 DOI: 10.1097/bcr.0b013e3181ac059b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The current Australia and New Zealand Burn Association recommended burns first aid treatment is to place the burn under cool running water for 20 minutes. Immediate cooling of a burn wound has been shown to reduce the depth of the injury. Cooling has also been recommended as beneficial for up to 3 hours after the burn. No scientific data currently exist to support this recommendation. The aim of this study was to identify the effect of delayed cooling of an acute scald contact burn wound in a porcine model. Four partial-thickness contact scald burn injuries were induced in 12 piglets each. First aid treatment consisting of cool running water for 20 minutes was instituted randomly to each wound at different time points: immediately and at time delays of 5, 20, and 60 minutes. The group receiving immediate first aid with cool running water for 20 minutes served as the control group. At day 1 and day 9, biopsies were obtained and assessed in a blinded manner. Histologic analysis of burn depth on days 1 and 9 demonstrated no significant difference in the depth of the burn in the various treatment groups in comparison to the control group receiving immediate first aid. No significant differences in the surface areas of each burn were noted between the various treatment groups on day 9. Core body temperature did not fall below 35 degrees C throughout the cooling process. This study provides scientific evidence that in an animal model delayed cooling for up to 60 minutes postacute contact scald burn is still effective compared with immediate cooling at reducing burn depth.
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Quan L, Crispin B, Bennett E, Gomez A. Beliefs and practices to prevent drowning among Vietnamese-American adolescents and parents. Inj Prev 2007; 12:427-9. [PMID: 17170196 PMCID: PMC2564428 DOI: 10.1136/ip.2006.011486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine the beliefs, attitudes and practices regarding water safety among Vietnamese-Americans through focus group interviews. PARTICIPANTS 15 teenagers (aged 15-19 years) and 20 parents participated, and reported similar attitudes, beliefs and practices regarding water activities. Participants identified a lack of familiarity with water activities and few swimming skills, noting that these activities are not perceived as recreational sports among the Vietnamese. They reported recreating at open water sites because they are free and available, and attributed drowning to fate. Vietnamese youth swim unsupervised, responding to peer pressure despite lack of skills. Participants had negative attitudes toward life jackets using, swimming pools and lessons, because of the costs, but would attend lessons in Vietnamese. They identified schools and Vietnamese media as means of delivering injury-prevention messages. CONCLUSIONS Decreasing drowning among Vietnamese-Americans requires changing the knowledge, attitudes and safety practices with programs and messages in Vietnamese, as well as targeting the dominant culture.
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- L Quan
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle, Washington 98105, USA.
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The Impact of a Legislative Intervention to Reduce Tap Water Scald Burns in an Urban Community. J Burn Care Res 2007; 28:805-10. [DOI: 10.1097/bcr.0b013e3181599b3b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Olabanji J, Oladele A, Oginni F, Oseni O. Burn safety knowledge in adult nigerians. ANNALS OF BURNS AND FIRE DISASTERS 2007; 20:115-120. [PMID: 21991080 PMCID: PMC3188076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2006] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Burn injuries remain a global problem even though they are largely preventable. Adequate knowledge is essential to good burn safety practices. This aids prevention and minimizes severity when burn injuries occur. The purpose of this study was to determine the level of burn safety knowledge among literate adult Nigerians in Ile-Ife and Ilesa, South-western Nigeria. We elicited a paucity of burn safety knowledge in the population studied, but a high level of formal education corresponded to a higher degree of burn safety knowledge. There is a need to introduce burn safety education into the school curriculum at all levels of education in order to increase burn safety awareness.
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- J.K. Olabanji
- Department of Surgery, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
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- Department of Surgery, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Obafemi Awolowo University
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- Department of Surgery, Obafemi Awolowo University
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Livingston A, Holland AJA, Dickson D. Language barriers and paediatric burns: Does education make a difference? Burns 2006; 32:482-6. [PMID: 16621309 DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2005.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2005] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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A focused first aid education campaign was conducted in Sydney in 1996 for parents of children from Non-English speaking backgrounds (NESB) to improve their knowledge of correct burns first aid treatment (BFAT). This study sought to determine the correlation, if any, between the reported beneficial results of this education campaign and the subsequent severity of burns in children. A retrospective review of all patients admitted to the state Burns Unit at The Children's Hospital at Westmead (CHW) over a 7-year period from January 1995 to December 2001 was performed. Number of patients, language spoken at home (English, Chinese, Arabic, Vietnamese or Other) and the rate of burns requiring skin grafting was assessed. A total of 1,283 patients were admitted over 7 years. Skin grafting was required in 544 (42%). NESB children required grafting in up to 88% of cases prior to the first aid education campaign, reducing to a minimum of 37% at 1 year and 65% at 5 years following the campaign. This compared to 40 and 36%, respectively, for English speaking children. While the initial decrease in grafting requirements may reflect an effective education campaign, the subsequent rise suggests the need for reinforcement.
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- A Livingston
- Department of Academic Surgery, The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Towner E, Dowswell T, Jarvis S. Updating the evidence. A systemic review of what works in preventing childhood unintentional injuries: Part 2. Inj Prev 2001; 7:249-53. [PMID: 11565995 PMCID: PMC1730740 DOI: 10.1136/ip.7.3.249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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- E Towner
- Department of Child Health, University of Newcastle, UK.
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Towner E, Dowswell T, Jarvis S. Updating the evidence. A systematic review of what works in preventing childhood unintentional injuries: part 1. Inj Prev 2001; 7:161-4. [PMID: 11428566 PMCID: PMC1730709 DOI: 10.1136/ip.7.2.161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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- E Towner
- Department of Child Health, University of Newcastle, UK.
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We report here a case of a childhood scald injury where immediate first aid consisted of the application of fountain pen ink. Continuing education is required to inform parents of the use of cold water in the immediate first aid treatment of scalds.
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- D Johnson
- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, UK
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