title: Nursing students practice primary fire prevention.
abstract: The purpose of this project was to evaluate a standardized, interactive, home fire safety program for elementary school students.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Senior baccalaureate nursing students in their pediatric clinical rotation taught burn prevention techniques using Hazard House, a model house filled with common household fire hazards (Hazard House, 2006, Ref. 1). Elementary school students were encouraged to identify the hazards and discuss ways in which the house could be made safer. Local firemen then briefly presented what to do if a fire occurred, how firemen may look during a rescue, and the importance of working smoke alarms in the home.
  
  
  METHODS
  A pretest-posttest design was used to examine the effectiveness of an educational intervention. The three groups of participants included 128 kindergarten students, 311 students in grades 1-2, and 61 students in grades 3-4. The tests and interventions were tailored appropriately for each age group.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was no difference in pre- and post-test scores for the students in kindergarten and grades 3-4 (p>0.05). However, there was a significant difference for students in grades 1-2 (p<0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is important for nurses to assess for and teach about fire injury prevention to prevent potentially devastating irreversible injuries. The results suggest that the educational intervention was effective in improving the understanding of fire safety for students in grades 1-2. Future studies may need to include a larger sample of students for the other grades.
authors: University of Louisville School of Nursing, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA. carlee.lehna@louisville.edu
authors: Carlee
authors: C
authors: Lehna
authors: Julie A
authors: JA
authors: Todd
authors: Rachel
authors: R
authors: Keller
authors: Lynn
authors: L
authors: Presley
authors: Jessica
authors: J
authors: Jackson
authors: Stephanie
authors: S
authors: Davis
authors: Kristi
authors: K
authors: Hockman
authors: Charles
authors: C
authors: Phillips-Payne
authors: Sarah
authors: S
authors: Sauer
authors: Sarah
authors: S
authors: Wessemeier
mesh_terms: D000061:Accidents, Home / Q000517:prevention & control; D000293:Adolescent; D002056:Burns / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005260:Female; D005390:Fires / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012572:School Health Services; D013338:Students, Nursing
keywords: Fire injury prevention; Pediatric; School-based education