The knowledge and attitude of rural children about poisonings
Articles > Article · 2003
Authors: Aliye MANDIRACIOĞLU, AYLA BAYIK TEMEL, E LULECI
VETERINARY AND HUMAN TOXICOLOGY, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 2003, vol 45, pp 331-334
Summary
Childhood poisonings are an important problem. The goal or the study was to implement and evaluate poisoning prevention training for primary school students. The study was carried out in 3 rural schools Kemalpasa, Izmir, Turkey. Fourth and 5(th) grade students completed age appropriate questionnaires pre- and post-education. There were significant differences in mean scores of the knowledge responses given pre- and post-test (p<0.05). with more Questions answered correctly post-education.