Özet:

The cim of this study was to determine the incidence of accidents and the first aid knowledge of mothers in households with children aged 0-14 years in Eldivan, a town of Chankırı province in Turkey. This cross-sedional study focused on 225 mothers with children aged O- 14 years located in Eldivan city center. We aimed to reach all of the mothers but were able to reach 219 of them (97 .3%). Data were gathered using the face-to-face interviewtechnique. We visited A total of 1 041 persons lived in the 219 households. Ofthe mothers interviewed, 91 (41.6%) were 35 to 44 years old, 120 (54.8%) had finished primary school, and 201 (91.85%) were housewives. Sixty-seven (30.6%) of the 219 households interviewed at least one accident during the three-month period of July-September 2003. A total of 188 accidents were experienced by participants who were mostly mothers and children. Of the mothers, 64.8% had failed at the test on their first aid knowledge. The knowledge degrees were decreased as the mother's ege increased and increased with higher education levels. The logistic regression model revealed that the most important factor on the first aid knowledge was the mother’s education level.

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