TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1988//
TI  - An outreach burn prevention program for home care patients
JO  - Journal of burn care and rehabilitation
A1  - Schmeer, S.
A1  - Stern, Naftali
A1  - Monafo, W. W.
SP  - 645
EP  - 647
VL  - 9
IS  - 6
N2  - Residential fires are the major cause of death from fires and burns in the United States, accounting for nearly two-thirds of annual fatalities. High-risk groups are more accessible now to burn prevention programs because of increasing home health care. Our burn prevention program, directed at homebound patients cared for by our hospital-based home care staff, combines fire safety education and smoke detector installation for this designated high-risk population. The combining of home health care with burn prevention activities has proven to be an effective means of reaching thousands of high-risk homes per year. We believe this approach would be equally effective in other areas.
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SN  - 0273-8481
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -