• Burns · Mar 2019

    Effectiveness of an educational program on decreasing burns and injuries in Persian festival of fire: A burden of diseases approach.

    • Enayatollah Homaie Rad, Leila Kouchakinezhad-Eramsadati, Zahra Mohtsham-Amiri, Ali Davoudi-Kiakalayeh, and Shahrokh Yousefzadeh-Chabok.
    • Social determinants of Health Research Center, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran. Electronic address: homaierad@gmail.com.
    • Burns. 2019 Mar 1; 45 (2): 466-470.

    AbstractChaharshanbeh souri is a historical Persian firework festival which has several health and financial damages for Iranians near celebration of New Year. In this study we tried to find effectiveness of Chaharshanbeh souri educational campaign on decreasing burden of injuries due to fireworks of this day. In this before-after study, an educational campaign was done for 2017 focusing on children and students. Data of a registry which was designed for gathering information of injuries and mortalities of this festival was used to show effectiveness of the program. Disability adjusted life years was calculated and compared before and after intervention. The results of this study showed that mean age of injuries was increased from 27.75 to 32.65 years and DALY decreased significantly after the intervention (P=0.0460) showing that the intervention was effective. Educational programs might be effective to decrease burden of injuries related to Chaharshanbeh souri festival.Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Ltd and ISBI. All rights reserved.

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