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Alternative Title:
J Burn Care Res
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/BCR.0b013e3182685b3a
Personal Author:
Gielen, Andrea C. ; Shields, Wendy ; Frattaroli, Shannon ; McDonald, Eileen ; Jones, Vanya ; ... More +
Gielen, Andrea C. ; Shields, Wendy ; Frattaroli, Shannon ; McDonald, Eileen ; Jones, Vanya ; Bishai, David ; O’Brocki, Raymond ; Perry, Elise C. ; Bates-Hopkins, Barbara ; Tracey, Pat ; Parsons, Stephanie Less -
Description:
Background

This study evaluates the impact of an enhanced fire department home visiting program on community participation and installation of smoke alarms and describes the rate of fire and burn hazards observed in homes.

Methods

Communities were randomly assigned to receive either a standard or enhanced home visiting program. Prior to implementing the program, 603 household surveys were completed to determine comparability between the communities. During a one year intervention period, 171 home visit events took place with 8,080 homes.

Results

At baseline, 60% of homes did not have working smoke alarms on every level; 44% had unsafe water temperatures; and 72% did not have CO alarms. Residents in the enhanced community relative to those in the standard community were significantly more likely to let the fire fighters into their homes (75% vs 62%). Among entered homes, those in the enhanced community were significantly more likely to agree to have smoke alarms installed (95% vs 92%), to be left with a working smoke alarm on every level of the home (84% vs 78%) and to have more smoke alarms installed per home visited (1.89 vs 1.74).

Conclusions

The high baseline rates of home hazards suggest that fire department home visiting programs should take an “all hazards” approach. CHWs and other community partnerships can be effective in promoting fire departments’ fire and life safety goals. Public health academic centers should partner with the fire service to help generate evidence on program effectiveness that can inform decision making about resource allocation for prevention.


Subjects:
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Article Baltimore Burns Community Health Workers Community Intervention Consumer Health Information Consumer Participation Firefighters Fires Fires And Burns Home Visits Hot Temperature Housing Humans Injury Prevention Safety Smoke Alarms Smoke Inhalation Injury Water Supply
Source:
J Burn Care Res. 34(4):e250-e256.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Funding:
R01 HD059216/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States ; R01HD059216/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States ; R18CE001339/CE/NCIPC CDC HHS/United States
R01 HD059216/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States ; R01HD059216/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States ; R18CE001339/CE/NCIPC CDC HHS/United States Less -
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CDC Public Access
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:f33bd955b058ec51b5a3a3db5c7644a0b1fe9160d40541f04309b3916749c286
Download URL:
https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/29635/cdc_29635_DS1.pdf
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