Department of Pediatrics, UPR School of Medicine, San Juan, PR, 00936-5067, USA.
J Community Health. 2011 Oct;36(5):845-8. doi: 10.1007/s10900-011-9384-4.
On the basis of calls to the US poison control centers, each year more than 1 million children less than 5 years of age experience potentially toxic ingestions. Several prevention efforts and interventions have been tried to protect young children from poisonings occurring in their homes. The purpose of this study was to determine practices of parents and caregivers of children 1-6 years of age about home poisoning prevention. Seventy-six participants answered an anonymous survey. Caregivers demonstrated poor knowledge about the home poisoning prevention strategies. Only 20% of the participants knew the telephone number of the poison control center and 49% had it near the telephone in case of an emergency. This lack of knowledge was not related to gender, educational level, or occupation. Primary care physicians need to reinforce the orientation about poisoning prevention techniques to all caregivers in order to prevent accidental poisonings in small children.
基于美国毒物控制中心的呼叫数据，每年有超过 100 万名 5 岁以下儿童经历潜在有毒物质摄入。为了防止儿童在家中发生中毒，已经尝试了多项预防措施和干预措施。本研究旨在确定 1-6 岁儿童的父母和照顾者在家庭中毒预防方面的做法。76 名参与者回答了一份匿名调查。护理人员对家庭中毒预防策略的知识掌握较差。只有 20%的参与者知道毒物控制中心的电话号码，49%的人在紧急情况下将其放在电话旁边。这种缺乏知识与性别、教育水平或职业无关。初级保健医生需要向所有照顾者强化有关中毒预防技术的指导，以防止幼儿发生意外中毒。
