Burn injury-specific home safety assessment: a cross-sectional study in Iran.

<h4>Background</h4>The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of injury specific home safety investigation and to examine the home safety status focused on burn related safety in a rural population in the North-West of Iran.<h4>Methods</h4>A cross-sectional study was...

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Autores principales:	Shahnam Arshi, Homayoun Sadeghi-Bazargani, Reza Mohammadi
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:6512cec6b5604e11b81d56a1d4fd88cd2021-11-18T08:07:31ZBurn injury-specific home safety assessment: a cross-sectional study in Iran.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0049412https://doaj.org/article/6512cec6b5604e11b81d56a1d4fd88cd2012-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23209574/pdf/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203<h4>Background</h4>The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of injury specific home safety investigation and to examine the home safety status focused on burn related safety in a rural population in the North-West of Iran.<h4>Methods</h4>A cross-sectional study was conducted on 265 rural households of rural Meshkinshahr, Iran. Cluster sampling method was used in 38 clusters with 7 households in each cluster. Clusters were selected on a probability proportional to size (PPS) basis using the available health census database called D-Tarh. Data were analyzed using the statistical software package STATA 8.<h4>Results</h4>Possible risks were explored in fields of house structure; cooking and eating attitudes and behaviors; cooking appliances, specific appliances such as picnic gas burners, valors (traditional heaters), samovars (traditional water boilers), and air-heating appliances. Many safety concerns were explored needing to draw the attention of researchers and public health policy makers.<h4>Conclusion</h4>Injury specific home safety surveys are useful and may provide useful information for safety promotion interventions.Shahnam ArshiHomayoun Sadeghi-BazarganiReza MohammadiPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 7, Iss 11, p e49412 (2012)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Shahnam Arshi Homayoun Sadeghi-Bazargani Reza Mohammadi Burn injury-specific home safety assessment: a cross-sectional study in Iran.
description	<h4>Background</h4>The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of injury specific home safety investigation and to examine the home safety status focused on burn related safety in a rural population in the North-West of Iran.<h4>Methods</h4>A cross-sectional study was conducted on 265 rural households of rural Meshkinshahr, Iran. Cluster sampling method was used in 38 clusters with 7 households in each cluster. Clusters were selected on a probability proportional to size (PPS) basis using the available health census database called D-Tarh. Data were analyzed using the statistical software package STATA 8.<h4>Results</h4>Possible risks were explored in fields of house structure; cooking and eating attitudes and behaviors; cooking appliances, specific appliances such as picnic gas burners, valors (traditional heaters), samovars (traditional water boilers), and air-heating appliances. Many safety concerns were explored needing to draw the attention of researchers and public health policy makers.<h4>Conclusion</h4>Injury specific home safety surveys are useful and may provide useful information for safety promotion interventions.
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author	Shahnam Arshi Homayoun Sadeghi-Bazargani Reza Mohammadi
author_facet	Shahnam Arshi Homayoun Sadeghi-Bazargani Reza Mohammadi
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title	Burn injury-specific home safety assessment: a cross-sectional study in Iran.
title_short	Burn injury-specific home safety assessment: a cross-sectional study in Iran.
title_full	Burn injury-specific home safety assessment: a cross-sectional study in Iran.
title_fullStr	Burn injury-specific home safety assessment: a cross-sectional study in Iran.
title_full_unstemmed	Burn injury-specific home safety assessment: a cross-sectional study in Iran.
title_sort	burn injury-specific home safety assessment: a cross-sectional study in iran.
publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate	2012
url	https://doaj.org/article/6512cec6b5604e11b81d56a1d4fd88cd
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Burn injury-specific home safety assessment: a cross-sectional study in Iran.

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