Efect of an educative action on relatives' knowledge about childhood burns at home

Authors

  • Sandra Regina Gimeniz-Paschoal Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho
  • Débora Morais Pereira Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho
  • Edinalva Neves Nascimento Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692009000300010

Keywords:

burns, health education, orientation, family

Abstract

This article aimed to evaluate the effect of an educative action on the knowledge of children's relatives about burns at home. Participants were 40 relatives of children under four years of age, equally divided between an intervention and control group. An initial interview was held, the educative action involved a folder about burns and, after one week, another interview took place. The answers were compared using Fisher's statistical test. In the first interview, 60 answers on risk situations were registered in the control group and 62 in the intervention group; in the second, the results increased to 61 and 80, respectively. In the first interview, 90% of the control group and 80% of the intervention group expressed the belief that childhood burns can be avoided; in the second, this indication decreased to 84% and increased to 100%, respectively. This study showed the importance of the advisory folder on burns at home.

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Published

2009-06-01

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 3 (2009)

Section

Original Articles

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How to Cite

Efect of an educative action on relatives’ knowledge about childhood burns at home. (2009). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 17(3), 341-346. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692009000300010