Finding Homes Without Smoke Detectors: One Step in Planning Burn Prevention Programs

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• Personal Author:
  Mays JR ; McKnight RH ; Struttmann TW
• Description:
  Residential fires are the leading cause of burn-related deaths in the United States. Smoke detectors could save many of these lives. A 1993 telephone survey of 661 Kentucky households included questions on residential smoke detectors. Statewide, 16.4% of households did not possess a functioning smoke detector; however, in nonmetropolitan Appalachian counties, 30.5% of households lacked detectors. Characteristics associated with lack of a functioning smoke detector, as determined by multivariate logistic regression, were as follows: living in a nonapartment dwelling (odds ratio [OR] = 4.14, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.42 to 12.01); having an annual household income of $20,000 or less (OR = 2.34, CI = 1.49 to 3.68); being unmarried (OR = 1.73, CI = 1.12 to 2.69); living alone (OR = 1.69, CI = 1.02 to 2.80); and living in a nonmetropolitan county (OR = 1.68, CI = 1.05 to 2.69). Knowledge of these population-based characteristics can assist planners of burn prevention programs to target at-risk populations. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Burns Education Family Farmers Hazardous Substances Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Smoke
• Keywords:
  Agricultural-industry Agricultural-workers Detectors Families Health-hazards Health-protection Health-standards Household-workers Housekeeping-personnel Housekeeping-products Humans Injuries Injury-prevention Safety-climate Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Safety-practices Safety-programs Smoke-control Smoke-inhalation

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• ISSN:
  1559-047X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  16
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20035089
• Citation:
  J Burn Care Res 1995 Sep-Oct; 16(5):548-556
• Contact Point Address:
  R. H. McKnight, Department of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY 40536-0084
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1995
• Performing Organization:
  University of Kentucky
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20010930
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Burn Care and Research
• End Date:
  20270929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:df3e63d613ffff1350395cfab20c136525cf0d6f0dcecd6bd05785dad47c3f878cf8c0728da208f27020ecda075c33c273782a016a821b506d90da99f23a7ba9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/187059/cdc_187059_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.20 MB ]