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Acceptance of an Injury-Prevention Program in Rural Communities: A Preliminary Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Edwin Moore  and
John McComas
Edwin Moore*
Affiliation:
Correspondence: Spectrum Health Care Services, New Martinsville, West Virginia
John McComas
Affiliation:
Operations Officer, West Virginia EMS Technical Support Network
*
Spectrum Health Care Services, Box 124, New Martinsville, WV 26153, USA
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Abstract

Introduction:

Considerable attention is being addressed to injury prevention. This study addresses the acceptance of a home injury-prevention survey as an injury-prevention tool in rural communities.

Purpose:

The purpose of this study was to evaluate public acceptance of a home injury-prevention survey as a tool to educate and enlighten the public about home injuries.

Methods:

All patients with home injuries who came to Wetzel County Hospital Emergency Department were asked if they would participate in a home injury-prevention survey. The study was conducted from 01 May to 01 July 1995. Paramedics were used as interviewers because of the closeness they enjoy with the community.

Results:

During the study period, 2,104 patients came to the emergency department of Wetzel County Hospital. Of these, 386 sought care because of an injury sustained in their homes. From this group, 23 (5.9%) patients agreed to participate in a home injury-prevention study; 363 (94.1%) refused.

Conclusion:

A home injury-prevention survey alone does not seem to be an effective tool to aid in the reduction of home injuries, because it is not embraced by the general public.

Keywords

acceptanceemergency medical serviceshome injuryinjury preventionparamedicssurvey
Type
Brief Report
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 11 , Issue 4 , December 1996 , pp. 309 - 311
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 1996

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