Home Fire Safety Practices and Smoke Detector Program Awareness in an Urban Pediatric Emergency Department Population
| Autor: | Ambika Lall, Leticia Manning Ryan, Stephen J. Teach, Alexandra C. Rucker, James M. Chamberlain, Rachel Wood |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Adolescent Urban Population Smoke Inhalation Injury Population Poison control Suicide prevention Fires Occupational safety and health 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Smoke 030225 pediatrics Injury prevention Prevalence Humans Medicine Child education Health Education Socioeconomic status education.field_of_study Consumer Health Information business.industry Protective Devices Community Participation Infant 030208 emergency & critical care medicine General Medicine medicine.disease Black or African American Cross-Sectional Studies Caregivers Child Preschool Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Emergency Medicine Female Medical emergency business Environmental Monitoring |
| Zdroj: | Pediatric Emergency Care. 32:763-767 |
| ISSN: | 0749-5161 |
| Popis: | Risk factors for residential fire death (young age, minority race/ethnicity, and low socioeconomic status) are common among urban pediatric emergency department (ED) patients. Community-based resources are available in our region to provide free smoke detector installation. The objective of our study was to describe awareness of these resources and home fire safety practices in this vulnerable population.In this cross-sectional study, a brief survey was administered to a convenience sample of caregivers accompanying patients 19 years of age or younger in an urban pediatric ED in Washington, DC. Survey contents focused on participant knowledge of available community-based resources and risk factors for residential fire injury.Five hundred eleven eligible caregivers were approached, and 401 (78.5%) agreed to participate. Patients accompanying the caregivers were 48% male, 77% African American, and had a mean (SD) age of 6.5 (5.9) years. Of study participants, 256 (63.8%) lived with children younger than 5 years. When asked about available community-based resources for smoke detectors, 240 (59.9%) were unaware of these programs, 319 (79.6%) were interested in participating, and 221 (55.1%) enrolled. Presence of a home smoke detector was reported by 396 respondents (98.7%); however, 346 (86.3%) reported testing these less often than monthly. Two hundred fifty-six 256 (63.8%) lacked a carbon monoxide detector, and 202 (50.4%) had no fire escape plan. Sixty-five (16%) reported indoor smoking, and 92 (22.9%) reported space heater use.In this urban pediatric ED population, there is limited awareness of community-based resources but high rates of interest in participating once informed. Whereas the self-reported prevalence of home smoke detectors is high in our study population, other fire safety practices are suboptimal. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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