A controlled study of the impact of a poison prevention education program on parental awareness and behaviors

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Publication Type dissertation
School or College College of Pharmacy
Department Pharmacology & Toxicology
Author Marvin, Lucinda Jo
Title A controlled study of the impact of a poison prevention education program on parental awareness and behaviors
Date 1981-08
Description An estimated one to two million accidental childhood poisonings occur yearly in the United States, primarily in children under five. The National Clearinghouse for Poison Control Centers (NCPCC) reported over 150,000 poisonings in 1978., 71 percent of which occurred in this age group. In the same year, the Intermountain Regional Poison control Center (IRPCC) confirmed that 75 percent of their total reported accidental poisonings occurred in children under age five. Overall, in most studies or reports where statistics have been gathered, 70 to 95 percent of the reported poisonings have occurred in children under five years of age and of this group, the eighteen to three-year old child accounts for over half. The high incidence of accidental poisonings seen and reported in these children under five is the result of the interaction of several factors, namely: the nature of children, presence of a hazardous environment, and easy accessibility to toxic substances. A child tends to react to his environment impulsively, seeking what he wants when he wants it. A six-month old child will put anything in his mouth, and a one-to-two-year old child will taste almost any product stored within his reach at low levels. By the time the child is two and a half to three years of age, agility and mobility become factors, often giving him access to many cabinets of storage areas in the home. Even to age five, most children are naive to the consequences of a poisoning. As a result, most of these children under five must be protected from the toxic products within their environment and their parents educated about the dangers and consequences of accidental poisonings.
Type Text
Publisher University of Utah
Subject MESH Research Design; Hazardous Substances; Poisoning; Consumer Health Information; Consumer Product Safety; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Preventive Health Services; Education, Nonprofessional; Health Promotion; Poison Control Centers; Child Behavior; Infant Behavior; Product Packaging; Drug Packaging; Risk Reduction Behavior; Evaluation Studies as Topic; Questionnaires; Poison Prevention Programs
Dissertation Institution University of Utah
Dissertation Name Doctor of Pharmacy
Language eng
Relation is Version of Digital version of A Controlled Study of the Impact of a Poison Prevention Education Program on Parental Awareness and Behaviors
Rights Management Copyright © Lucinda Jo Marvin 1981
Format Medium application/pdf
Source Original in Marriott Library Special Collections
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