فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

Background: A school-based poisoning prevention program for young school children wasimplemented and evaluated in Isfahan city by Poison Control Center (PCC) of Food andDrug Deputy in 2010. Objectives: The aim of the program was to evaluate the effectivenessof education on children’s knowledge on poisoning and its consequence and also on theirattitude in case of exposure to poisonous or hazardous substances and poisoned patient.Materials and Methods: In a pretest-posttest design, samples of 520 students from the fifthgrade (10-11 years old), from twenty randomly selected girls’ and boys’ primary schoolswere involved in the study. These children were from two different geographical locationswith different socio-economical levels (high-income and middle-income). After collectionof pretest questionnaires, 6 poisoning education sessions were implemented in selectedschools by trained teachers in a week. Results: Following the education program, knowledgeon various issues of poisoning significantly improved as did attitude to the poisonousagents and poisoned patients. In girl students, strong increase was found in knowledgeon poisoning with carbon monoxide and heating devices from pretest to posttest. While inboy students, the strongest increase was in item of knowledge on poisoning prevention.Children living in the regions with middle-income conditions had more base-line knowledgeand attitudinal aspect when compared with children with high-income condition. Comparisonof all students showed significant differences (P < 0.001) on knowledge scores on variousissues of poisoning before and after education. Conclusion: The school-based educationalprograms provide a good opportunity to poison information centers in preventing poisoning.