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Burn Prevention Activities

Burn Prevention Activities. Michele Twomey. Moving from data to action. Epidemiological data informs decisions, directs & focuses preventive strategies Person (age/ gender/ race/ SES) Place (Home/ school) Time Type (fluid/ open flame/ chemical) Scenario Severity.

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Burn Prevention Activities

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  1. Burn Prevention Activities Michele Twomey

  2. Moving from data to action • Epidemiological data informs decisions, directs & focuses preventive strategies • Person (age/ gender/ race/ SES) • Place (Home/ school) • Time • Type (fluid/ open flame/ chemical) • Scenario • Severity

  3. Recent Literature Review • 117 studies (1974 – 2003) • Epidemiological risk factors • Low- & middle income countries • Ghana, Bangladesh, Brazil, Peru • Pre-existing impairment in child • History of a sibling burn • Maternal illiteracy & low education

  4. 4 Es of prevention • Educate the community & those responsible for policy change • Engineering: Environmental modification & product redesign • Enforcement & legislation: Regulations to reduce dangerous behaviour • Economics: Monetary incentives to change & develop safe appliances

  5. Focus on a blend

  6. Packaging & labelling standards • Appliance standards • What about supply chain issues?

  7. Manufacture Distribution Retail Consumer Tax payer Paraffin Supply ChainWhose business is it?

  8. Advocacy for burn survivors Everyone has the right to an environment that is not harmful to their health and well-being...” Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, Ch2. Section 24 APPROACH GOVERNMENT • Disability Grants for Burn Survivors • Regulations on occupational hazards • Advocacy in the workplace for burn survivors

  9. Education & Awareness • Comprehensive training programme for volunteers • Bio-psycho-social model • working with CAPFSA • Prevention through safety education • Working on media messages with the fire department and emergency services • Interviews on the radio • Podcasts on our website

  10. The way ahead Partnerships Action Education CAPFSA Engineering PASASA ERC(UCT) Enforcements GOVERNMENT DoH Economics

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