Prevalence of Domestic Accidents in Kitchen among Housewives in an Urban Area: A Cross Sectional Study
Journal Title: National Journal of Community Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 9, Issue 10
Abstract
Background: Domestic accident is an accident which takes place in the home or in its immediate surround-ings. Domestic accidents are worldwide public health problems. The study was conducted to know the prevalence of domestic acci-dents among housewives in the kitchen and to assess the preventive measures practiced against domes-tic accidents by housewives in the kitchen. Methods: Data was collected from housewives residing at the urban field practice area of Department of Community Medicine, BIMS, Bela-gavi. By using pre tested structured questionnaire, information like, so-cio-demographic factors, kitchen environment, domestic accident oc-curred in kitchen in last six months and safety measures practiced by the housewives was collected. Results: The study found that more than half (51.7%) of the housewives met with one or more types of do-mestic accidents in past 6 months. Majority of the participants fol-lowed safety measures like turning gas cylinder off after cooking (74.2%) & using machineries of the kitchen after reading the instruction manual given along with them (54.5%). Conclusion: Practice regarding safe-ty measures in kitchen was low among the housewives. The prob-lem of domestic accidents can be taken care by effective information, education and communication (IEC) interventions regarding the use of safety measures by house-wives.
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Soumyashree M N, Viveki R G, Ashwini L Chingale
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