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Hot Water Burns Like Fire: The NSW Scalds Prevention Campaign

The 'Hot Water Burns Like Fire' campaign was the first statewide campaign in Australia to address scalds in children. It was run in NSW from 1992-1994.

The Hot Water Burns Like Fire: The NSW Scalds Prevention Campaign report - pdf (747k) aims to provide injury prevention workers, health promotion workers, policy makers, students and other public health practitioners with an understanding of the planning, strategies and outcomes of this complex statewide campaign.