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dc.contributor.authorBurgess, Jacqueline D
dc.contributor.authorWatt, Kerrianne A
dc.contributor.authorKimble, Roy M
dc.contributor.authorCameron, Cate M
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-08T01:32:47Z
dc.date.available2019-06-08T01:32:47Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.issn1353-8047
dc.identifier.doi10.1136/injuryprev-2017-042650
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/384939
dc.description.abstractAIM: The high incidence of hot beverage scalds among young children has not changed in the past 15 years, but preventive campaigns have been scarce. A novel approach was used to engage mothers of young children in an app-based hot beverage scald prevention campaign 'Cool Runnings'. This paper provides baseline data for this randomised controlled trial (RCT). METHOD: Queensland-based mothers aged 18+ years with at least one child aged 5-12 months were recruited via social media to Cool Runnings, which is a two-group, parallel, single-blinded RCT. RESULTS: In total, 498 participants from across Queensland completed the baseline questionnaire. The most common source of burn first aid information was the internet (79%). One-third (33%) correctly identified hot beverage scalds as the leading cause of childhood burns, 43% knew the age group most at risk. While 94% reported they would cool a burn with water, only 10% reported the recommended 20min duration. After adjusting for all relevant variables, there were two independent predictors of adequate burn first aid knowledge: first aid training in the past year (OR=3.32; 95% CI 1.8 to 6.1) and smoking status (OR=0.17; 95% CI 0.04 to 0.7). CONCLUSION: In this study, mothers of young children were largely unaware how frequently hot beverage scalds occur and the age group most susceptible to them. Inadequate burn first aid knowledge is prevalent across mothers of young children; there is an urgent and compelling need to improve burn first aid knowledge in this group. Given the high incidence of hot beverages scalds in children aged 6-24 months, it is important to target future burn prevention/first aid campaigns at parents of young children. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ACTRN12616000019404; Pre-results.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartoflocationEngland
dc.relation.ispartofjournalInj Prev
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSports science and exercise
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHealth services and systems
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPublic health
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4207
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4203
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4206
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode52
dc.titleKnowledge of childhood burn risks and burn first aid: Cool Runnings.
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
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gro.rights.copyright© Article author(s) (or their employer(s) unless otherwise stated in the text of the article) 2018. All rights reserved. No commercial use is permitted unless otherwise expressly granted.
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gro.griffith.authorCameron, Cate M.


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