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 determ ined that both first aid knowl e dge level and development of pos it ive accident- preventative att it udes and beh av iors were aff e cted by the education levels. Inc r e asing women’s formal educ at ion level and raising women’s s oc ial status are the keys in solving many social problems.