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Garcia VF. 2001. Increasing safety seat use among preschoolers. Cincinnati, OH: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Department of Pediatric Surgery, 48 pp.

Annotation: This report describes an intervention program for parents of preschool children to increase parental awareness and knowledge of appropriate child restraint usage in automobiles. The program includes a curriculum for preschool children, and educational programs for parents as well as for teachers. Report contents include an abstract of the project; an introduction discussing the nature of the research problem; the purpose, scope, and methods of the investigation and the nature of the findings; an overview of the literature; study design and methods including the population studied, sample selection, instruments used, and statistical techniques employed; a presentation and discussion of the findings; and a list of products developed during the project. References conclude the report. Statistical information is provided in tables in the presentation of findings. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchlibrary.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Car seats, Child safety, Curricula, Educational materials, Final reports, MCH research, Motor vehicle safety, Occupant restraints, Parent education, Preschool children, Safety programs, Seat belts, Young children

Trinkoff AM, Teret SP, Rattiner JL, Baker SP. 1983. Enlisting health departments in highway safety programs. Washington, DC: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; Springfield, VA: distributed by National Technical Information Service, 51 pp.

Annotation: This report concerns a project designed to determine the level of state health department involvement in highway safety activities. Content activities under study were: child passenger protection, motorcycle helmet laws, alcohol and impaired driving prevention, and emergency medical services. These were observed in cluster groups of states. Also a look was given to the fifty-five mile per hour speed limit. A look was taken at cooperative agencies within the state to gauge implementation efforts, at barriers to cooperation, and recommendations on overcoming barriers.

Contact: National Technical Information Service, O.S. Department of Commerce, 5301 Shawnee Road, Alexandria, VA 22312, Telephone: (703) 605-6050 Secondary Telephone: (888) 584-8332 Contact Phone: (703) 487-4650 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.ntis.gov Document Number: DOT HS 806 531.

Keywords: Emergency medical services, Impaired driving, Injury prevention, Intervention, Legislation, Motor vehicles, Occupant restraints, Policy statements, Program development, State health agencies, Transportation injuries
   

The MCH Digital Library is one of six special collections at Geogetown University, the nation's oldest Jesuit institution of higher education. It is supported in part by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under award number U02MC31613, MCH Advanced Education Policy with an award of $700,000/year. The library is also supported through foundation and univerity funding. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.