[The attitudes and behaviors of housewives in the prevention of domestic accidents and their first aid knowledge levels].

Background: This research has been designed to to assess first aid knowledge levels of housewives, determine the attitudes and behaviors of housewives in the prevention of domestic accidents and examine factors related to first aid knowledge levels and attitudes and behaviors in prevention of domestic accidents.

Methods: In this cross-sectional type research, together with a query questioning sociodemographic characteristics, a test prepared to assess their first aid knowledge levels and a Likert-type form to determine their attitudes and behaviors levels in the prevention of domestic accidents have been applied to housewives of 180 household via face-to-face interview technique.

Results: First aid knowledge score increased with increasing levels of education of study population. First aid knowledge score of working women was higher than the unemployed ones. Attitude and behavior scores of the study population were increasing with increasing levels of education and economic status and were decreasing with increasing age. Preventative attitude and behavior score of women who had not experienced an accident at home was higher than the remaining.

Conclusion: In this study, it has been determined that both first aid knowledge level and development of positive accident-preventative attitudes and behaviors were affected by the education levels. Increasing women's formal education level and raising women's social status are the keys in solving many social problems.