title: Evaluation of a community-based poison education program.
abstract: This study suggests that: (1) a program directed at a specific town and coordinated by a local community group is more effective in transmitting poison control knowledge than is a statewide poison prevention week effort; (2) that transmission of educational material is optimized through programs directed at a specific age group (in this study ages 6 through 14); and, (3) that information about where to get the poison center number and actual acquisition of Ipecac syrup in homes was well transmitted.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003153:Community Health Services; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D007486:Ipecac / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008404:Massachusetts; D011041:Poisoning / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D007486:Ipecac