Survey of primary school educators regarding burn-risk behaviors and fire-safety education

Burns

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 472-476

  Dougherty, Joseph ^a   Pucci, Pamela ^a   Hemmila, Mark R ^a   Wahl, Wendy L ^a   Wang, Stewart C ^a   Arbabi, Saman ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Burn; Fire safety; Injury prevention; School based curriculum; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RISK FACTOR; TEACHER;

ADOLESCENT; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACULTY; FIRES; FIRESETTING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; PERCEPTION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SCHOOLS; TEACHING;

EID: 34247868697     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2006.08.013     Document Type: Article

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