Teaching safety: Evaluation of a childrens village in Maryland

Injury Prevention

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 26-31

  Gielen, Andrea Carlson ^a   Dannenberg, Andrew L ^a   Ashburn, Nancy ^a   Kou, Jingyee ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior change; Knowledge acquisition; Program evaluation; Safety village

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; FIRE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; SAFETY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; FIRES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; MARYLAND; SAFETY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0030089449     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2.1.26     Document Type: Article

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