The knowledge and attitude of rural children about poisonings.
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.
Mandiracioglu
Aliye
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Department of Public Health, Ege University, Faculty of Medicine, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey.
Bayik
Ayla
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Luleci
Emel
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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