Effectiveness of a burn prevention campaign for older adults.
Older adults are involved in one fifth of burn injury admissions in the Province of Ontario Canada. Most burn injuries in this population occur at home while cooking, bathing, or smoking. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of an educational campaign to improve burn prevention knowledge in older adults of a major metropolitan city. Changes in participants' burn prevention knowledge were determined using standardized precampaign and postcampaign (4-6 weeks) surveys. Of 209 older adult participants, 126 (60.3%) completed the precampaign and postcampaign surveys. There was a significant increase (P <.05) in burn prevention knowledge postintervention. Age, education level, and living conditions did not influence the change in burn prevention knowledge. This burn prevention campaign for older adults was effective in improving burn prevention knowledge, but it remains unclear as to whether this will ultimately result in a change in burn prevention behavior.
Tan
Jensen
J
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Banez
Carol
C
Cheung
Yvonne
Y
Gomez
Manuel
M
Nguyen
Huy
H
Banfield
Joanne
J
Medeiros
Lina
L
Lee
Ruth
R
Cartotto
Robert
R
Fish
Joel S
JS
D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002056:Burns / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009864:Ontario; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012111:Residence Characteristics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors