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Increasing the use of child restraints in motor vehicles in a Hispanic neighborhood.
Full Abstract
The use of restraints in motor vehicles is less common in minority and low-income populations than in the general population. A preliminary survey of Hispanic preschool-aged children in west Dallas, Tex, conducted in 1997 showed much lower child restraint use (19% of those surveyed) than among preschool children of all races in the rest of the city (62%). Because there are few reports of successful programs to increase child restraint use among Hispanics, we undertook to implement and evaluate such a program. The program was conducted by bilingual staff and was tailored for this community. It was successful in increasing both child restraint use and driver seat belt use.
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Author information
Author/s: Istre, Gregory R (GR); McCoy, Mary A (MA); Womack, Katie N (KN); Fanning, Linda (L); Dekat, Laurette (L); Stowe, Martha (M);
Affiliation: Injury Prevention of Greater Dallas, Dallas, TX 75235, USA.
Grants: DTNH22-96-H-15166 (Agency:United States PHS)
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Evaluation Studies; Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Journal: American journal of public health (Am J Public Health), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2002-Jul; vol 92 (issue 7) : pp 1096-9
Dates: Created 2002/06/26; Completed 2002/07/12; Revised 2007/11/14;
PMID: 12084687, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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