- Purpose: The purpose of the research was to determine the interventions after home accidents by
women with a child between 1-6 years old.
Instrument And Methods: The research was conducted as a descriptive study in the
neighborhoods served by Çukurova Health Clinic affiliated with Mersin province center
municipality. Using a simple random sampling method 100 women were taken into the sample by
numbering the 1-6 year old child monitoring records. Data were collected on a questionnaire.
Percentage distribution and Chi square test were used in the analysis of data obtained in the
research.
Fındıngs: The children of 66.0% of the women had had at least one home accident and the most
frequent of the accidents was falling (66.7%) followed by burns (43.9%). The majority of women,
following their child's fall (61.4%) applied a wound ointment and took the child to a health care
facility and following a burn to their child 44.8% of the women used a cold application and took
the child to a health care facility. The overwhelming majority of the women learned about first aid
for childhood accidents from the people close to them, such as a relative or neighbor. There was no
statistically significant difference between the women's sociodemographic characteristics and
frequency of home accidents and the kind of first aid used for home accidents (P>0.05).
Results: The frequency of accidents in the homes of children between 1-6 years was high, and
the majority of the first aid treatments administered by women following an accident was
correct. Although the percentage was small some of the women did use inappropriate
procedures.
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