Determinants of child safety seat use among parents in an International Safe Community, Tehran, Iran

Moradi, Marzieh; Khanjani, Narges; Nabipour, Amir Reza

doi:10.1080/15389588.2019.1658872

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“…The compliance with restraint laws among African American children remains significantly lower than the national average. A cross-sectional study in Iran showed the prevalence of child safety seat use was significantly associated with higher income among parents ( 32 ). In a study designed to investigate child safety seat knowledge in post-partum mothers, Spanier et al ( 33 ) determined that the higher level of education the mother had attained, the more knowledge she had about child passenger safety.…”

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Child Restraint Use and Seating Position of Child Passengers in Motor Vehicles and Their Correlations: Application of a Random-Effects Bivariate Probit Model

Chakraborty

Mahmud

Gates

2022

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation R

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Motor vehicle crashes are a leading cause of death and injury for children aged under 8 years. In the U.S.A., while some states are showing increases in the proportion of child restraint device use, only around half of child passengers aged from 4 to 7 years are being properly restrained. This study was undertaken to identify the factors contributing to the proper child restraint use and child passenger’s seating position through the direct observation surveys of more than 10,000 child passengers in 2015 and 2018 in Michigan. A bivariate probit model with random effects was developed to identify simultaneously the contributing factors for the proper restraint use and seating position of child passengers, accounting for the unobserved heterogeneity in the data. The bivariate framework is able to account for the correlation of the two dependent variables in the study. The results show that the two dependent variables are positively correlated, and this correlation is strongly significant. The key factors simultaneously influencing proper child restraint use and appropriate seating position of the child passenger include the age of the child, the number of child passengers in the vehicle, driver belt use, driver gender, age, and race, vehicle type, stratum, weather, and the time of the day and week. However, factors such as county-specific population, income, and education, and the type of location did not have any significant association with either child restraint use or the seating position of the child passenger.

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Child Restraint Use and Seating Position of Child Passengers in Motor Vehicles and Their Correlations: Application of a Random-Effects Bivariate Probit Model

Chakraborty

Mahmud

Gates

2022

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation R

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“…The compliance with restraint laws among African American children remains significantly lower than even the national average (40). A cross-sectional study in Iran showed the prevalence of child safety seat use was significantly associated with higher income among parents (41). In a study designed to investigate child safety seat knowledge in post-partum mothers, Spanier et al (2002) determined that the higher level of education the mother had attained, the more knowledge she had regarding child passenger safety.…”

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Analysis of Trends and Correlation in Child Restraint Use and Seating Position of Child Passengers in Motor Vehicles: Application of a Bivariate Probit Model

Chakraborty¹,

Mahmud²,

Gates³

2021

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Motor vehicle crashes are a leading cause of death and injury for children under 8 years. While different states are showing increases in the proportion of child restraint device use, only around half of the children aged between 4 to 7 years are being properly restrained. This study was undertaken to identify the factors contributing to the proper child restraint use and child passenger’s seating position through the direct observation surveys of more than 10,000 child passengers in 2015 and 2018 in Michigan. A bivariate probit model was developed to simultaneously identify the contributing factors for the proper restraint use and seating position of child passengers. The bivariate framework is able to account for correlation of the two dependent variables in the study. The results show that the two dependent variables are positively correlated, and this correlation is strongly significant. Also, the key factors simultaneously influencing proper child restraint use and appropriate seating position of the child passenger include the age of the child, number of the child passengers in the vehicle, driver belt use, driver gender, age, and race, vehicle type, stratum, weather, and the time of the day and week. However, factors such as county-specific population, income, and education, and the type of location did not have a significant association with either child restraint use or the seating position of the child passenger.

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“…In the previous literature, the focus has been on studies that use age and size-appropriate child safety seats to prevent child crash injuries and deaths [ 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 ], pediatric research on child safety seats [ 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 ] and the prevalence of their use in specific areas [ 19 , 20 ].…”

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“…Previous studies on the functional improvement of child safety seats have remained in the experimental model stage [ 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 ] and have not been commercialized into products for sale to the general public, so people do not have access to child restraints with new features. Our research has transitioned from the laboratory to the marketplace.…”

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Will Smart Improvements to Child Restraints Increase Their Popularity?

Jiang

Zhao

Lin³

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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In developing countries, child safety seat use remains low, which contributes to the consistently high rate of child injuries and deaths in traffic accidents. In order to protect the safety of child passengers, it is necessary to improve the public acceptance of child restraints. We improved the shortcomings of the traditional child restraints by adding some new features: 1, tightening Isofix automatically; 2, using temperature sensing, a high-temperature alarm, automatic ventilation, and cooling; 3, using pressure sensing, if the child is left alone it will set off the car alarm; 4, voice control to adjust the angle of the backrest; 5, the seat can be folded into the trunk. These functions make human-computer interaction more humane. The authors collected changes in parental acceptance of child restraints using the interview method and questionnaires. We found that acceptance increased significantly after making intelligent improvements to the child restraints. The authors used the Technology Acceptance Model to identify the key caveats influencing users’ use of intelligent child restraints. Performance expectations, effort expectations, social influence, convenience, and hedonic motivation positively and significantly impacted the willingness to use intelligent child restraints, so the authors suggest that these points should be emphasized when promoting the product. The current study findings have theoretical and practical implications for smart child restraint designers, manufacturers, sellers, and government agencies. To better understand and promote child restraint, researchers and marketers can analyze how people accept child restraint based on our research model.

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Determinants of child safety seat use among parents in an International Safe Community, Tehran, Iran

Cited by 11 publications

References 13 publications

Child Restraint Use and Seating Position of Child Passengers in Motor Vehicles and Their Correlations: Application of a Random-Effects Bivariate Probit Model

Child Restraint Use and Seating Position of Child Passengers in Motor Vehicles and Their Correlations: Application of a Random-Effects Bivariate Probit Model

Analysis of Trends and Correlation in Child Restraint Use and Seating Position of Child Passengers in Motor Vehicles: Application of a Bivariate Probit Model

Will Smart Improvements to Child Restraints Increase Their Popularity?

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