An Investigation of School Playground Safety Practices as Reported by School Nurses

Autor/inn/en	Hudson, Susan D.; Olsen, Heather M.; Thompson, Donna
Titel	An Investigation of School Playground Safety Practices as Reported by School Nurses
Quelle	In: Journal of School Nursing, 24 (2008) 3, S.138-144 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1059-8405
DOI	10.1177/1059840511223344
Schlagwörter	Play; Equipment Maintenance; Child Safety; Prevention; School Nurses; Injuries; Playgrounds; School Safety; Questionnaires; Supervision; Role; Accident Prevention + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Spiel; Maintenance and repair; Instandhaltung; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Playground; Spielplatz; Fragebogen; Rollen; Accident statistics; Unfall; Statistik; Unfallstatistik
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to investigate school playground safety practices. The study used a purposeful sample of school nurses who attended a playground safety workshop at the 2006 National Association of School Nurses annual conference. Seventy-five questionnaires were distributed, and 64 useable questionnaires were returned. The responses indicated that little attention is being given to providing safe playground environments in schools as measured by best practices of supervision, age-appropriate design, fall surfacing, and equipment maintenance. Participants pointed to the need for better supervision and supervision training, careful selection of age-appropriate equipment, maintaining adequate fall surfaces under the equipment, and ensuring that equipment is properly maintained and repaired. The study also revealed that school nurses believe they could play a role in playground injury prevention through the collection and analysis of injury data, communication to administrators about the need for comprehensive planning of the play environment, and becoming active members of playground safety committees. (Contains 4 tables and 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10