Fire and scald burn risks in urban communities: who is at risk and what do they believe about home safety?
Fire and scald burn risks in urban communities: who is at risk and what do they believe about home safety?
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DOI：
10.1093/her/cyt046
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发表时间：
2013-08-01
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Jones, V.
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作者：
Parker, E. M.;Gielen, A. C.;Jones, V.
虽然在很大程度上是可以预防的，但火灾和热水相关的伤害在美国很常见。建议减少这些伤害的措施是烟雾报警器（SA）和降低热水温度。本研究旨在：（i）描述低收入城市社区中工作SA和安全水温的普遍性，（ii）探索这些行为与个人对它们的知识和信念之间的关系。在这项横断面研究中，健康信念模型被用作理解安全行为的指南。共有603户家庭进行了SA和热水自来水温度测试，并调查了他们对这些安全行为的知识和信念。我们发现，40%的家庭在各个层面都有工作SA，57%的家庭有安全的热水温度。感知的严重性和自我效能与SA覆盖率显着相关，而感知的易感性和信念的好处显着相关的安全热水温度。这项研究表明，需要增加家庭的数量与工作SA和安全的热水温度。信息集中在一个安全的家庭环境可以沟通的易用性和危害减少功能的SA和利益和风险降低功能的安全热水温度。
While largely preventable, fire and hot water-related injuries are common in the United States. Measures recommended to reduce these injuries are smoke alarms (SAs) and lowered hot water temperatures. This study aims to: (i) describe the prevalence of working SAs and safe water temperatures among low-income, urban communities and (ii) explore the relationship between these behaviors and individuals' knowledge and beliefs about them. In this cross-sectional study, the Health Belief Model was used as a guide for understanding the safety behaviors. A total of 603 households had their SAs and hot tap water temperatures tested and were surveyed about their knowledge and beliefs related to these safety behaviors. We found that 40% of households had working SAs on every level and 57% had safe hot water temperatures. Perceived severity and self-efficacy were significantly associated with SA coverage, whereas perceived susceptibility and beliefs about benefits were significantly associated with safe hot water temperatures. This study demonstrates the need to increase the number of homes with working SAs and safe hot water temperatures. Messages focused on a safe home environment could communicate the ease and harm reduction features of SAs and benefits and risk reduction features of safe hot water temperatures.