title: The knowledge and attitude of rural children about poisonings.
abstract: Childhood poisonings are an important problem. The goal of the study was to implement and evaluate poisoning prevention training for primary school students. The study was carried out in 3 rural schools Kemalpasa, Izmir, Turkey. Fourth and 5th grade students completed age appropriate questionnaires pre- and post-education. There were significant differences in mean scores of the knowledge responses given pre- and post-test (p<0.05). with more questions answered correctly post-education.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Ege University, Faculty of Medicine, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Aliye
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mandiracioglu
authors.forename: Ayla
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bayik
authors.forename: Emel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Luleci
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011041:Poisoning / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012423:Rural Health; D012572:School Health Services; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014421:Turkey