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Training in injury prevention for health professionals
The Journal of the New York State Nurses' Association
|December 1, 1991
Abstract
Background:
The shortage of health professionals with training in injury epidemiology and control is an obstacle to injury prevention.
Methods:
Two two-hour workshops in childhood injury epidemiology and control were provided to nurses and physicians in the New York City Department of Health.
Results:
101 nurses and 76 physicians received the training. Workshop I test scores rose from 60% to 75%. Workshop II test scores rose from 67% to 88%.
Discussion:
Training in injury prevention increases knowledge. Future studies will examine the effect of training on practice.