PEDIATRIC ACCIDENTS

A pre-experimental before and after study was carried out with the aim of proposing an educational strategy to reduce accidents in children up to fourteen years of age in the Florencia Health Area. The universe consisted of 180 families with patients up to fourteen years of age and the sample consisted of 54 families. The charge sheets of the statistics department and the survey of patients' relatives were used as information supporting the need for the intervention. A database was created using Excel software. The data were collected and determined according to the classification of the variables, processed with the help of the SSPS program for Windows and distributed according to their frequencies. As a measure of mathematical-statistical analysis of the information, the percentage calculation and the arithmetic mean were used. The results were presented in tables. The epidemiological behavior of the accident victims in the study is mediated by the rurality of the environment. Family members attained more solid and deeper knowledge about accidents after the educational intervention.