Sustainability of an in-home fire prevention intervention.
Residential fires remain a challenge in many parts of the United States. This project assessed the sustainability of a community-based fire prevention intervention on household fire safety knowledge and practices. The design was a prospective, cohort study including preintervention and postintervention surveys, which assessed participants' fire safety knowledge and behavior. The implementation of an in-home visit to educate parents of third- and fourth-grade students on escape planning coupled with the installation of smoke alarms can be successful in increasing basic fire safety knowledge and household fire safety practices.
Duchossois
Gina P
GP
Safe Kids Southeastern Pennsylvania Coalition, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th Street & Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. duchossois@email.chop.edu
Nance
Michael L
ML
Garcia-Espana
J Felipe
JF
Flores
Joseph
J
D000061:Accidents, Home / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005390:Fires / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006266:Health Education / Q000458:organization & administration; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006792:House Calls; D006801:Humans; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D015143:Philadelphia; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States