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A program to increase seat belt use along the Texas-Mexico border.
Full Abstract
A school-based, bilingual intervention was developed to increase seat belt use among families living along the Texas-Mexico border. The intervention sought to increase seat belt use by changing perceived norms within the community (i.e., making the nonuse of seat belts less socially acceptable). The intervention was implemented in more than 110 classrooms and involved more than 2100 children. Blind coding, validity checks, and reliability estimates contributed to a rigorous program evaluation. Seat belt use increased by 10% among children riding in the front seat of motor vehicles in the intervention community, as compared with a small but nonsignificant decline in use among control community children. Seat belt use among drivers did not increase.
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Author/s: Cohn, Lawrence D (LD); Hernandez, Delia (D); Byrd, Theresa (T); Cortes, Miguel (M);
Affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Texas at El Paso, 79968, USA. lcohn(-atsign-)utep.edu
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Journal: American journal of public health (Am J Public Health), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2002-Dec; vol 92 (issue 12) : pp 1918-20
Dates: Created 2002/11/27; Completed 2002/12/23; Revised 2006/11/15;
PMID: 12453809, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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