Details:

• Creators:
  Ehrlich, Peter F. ; Cunningham, Rebecca ; Walton, Maureen

  Ehrlich, Peter F. ; Cunningham, Rebecca ; Walton, Maureen Less -
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Michigan. Department of Surgery. Section of Pediatric Surgery
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Office of Behavioral Safety Research
• Subject/TRT Terms:
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  Automatic Seat Belts Behavior Modification Children Child Restraint Systems Child Safety Seats Manual Safety Belts Passive Restraint Systems Patients Seat Belts , Brief Intervention, Behavioral Change Traffic Crash Victims
• Publication/ Report Number:
  UMTRI-2010-10
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Michigan
• Corporate Publisher:
  University of Michigan. Transportation Research Institute
• Abstract:
  "Among children 5-19 years, the commonest cause of unintentional injury-related death is
  
  being an occupant/driver in a motor vehicle crash (MVC). In 2006 in the United States, there
  
  were 568,188 injuries among children (0-18) due to MVC. Of these, 38,039 were severe
  
  enough to require hospitalization and there were 6,781 deaths. Seat belts and appropriate child
  
  restraints reduce the morbidity and mortality from MVC. Yet studies have shown that less than
  
  50% of children hospitalized from a MVC were restrained at the time of the crash.
  
  In 2007, a statewide direct observation survey reported 93.7% of Michigan motorists wore
  
  their seat belts in the front seat. In 2007, at the University of Michigan CS Mott Hospital, 120
  
  children were hospitalized due to MVC and only 64% were restrained. The unrestrained
  
  children suffered the most severe injuries and had the greater morbidity. A prime factor that
  
  influences whether a child uses a safety device is whether a parent uses a seat belt. In focus
  
  groups, teens said they used seat belts because of how they were raised. In a prior study, we
  
  compared safety attitudes and practices with 800 grade 4-6 children paired with their parents.
  
  Matched analysis demonstrated that parents who always wear a seat belt are more likely to have
  
  children who sit in the back seat and wear a seat belt (73% vs. 27%, p<0.05). This suggests that
  
  the parent/child non-seat belt/restraint users are an ideal target for an intervention. Our
  
  hypothesis for this study was that both parents and children are equally important in modifying
  
  pediatric safety practices. The specific aim of this study was to develop and test in a randomized
  
  controlled study a brief family- centered “seat belt intervention."
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTNH22-06-H-00055
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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  urn:sha256:6b36556d373a0edc70dcedd4b055074ae9b4f35fbd5360dc74c28911692ffe35
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/23557/dot_23557_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF-1.41 MB]