Seat Belt Use and Automobile Safety Counseling by Pediatricians

Greenberg, Leo; Coleman, Alan

doi:10.1097/00007611-198110000-00003

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“…13,14 These include (1) maintaining a continuous supply of seats for loan,' (2) reaching parents in the prenatal period with individualized education,' (3) demonstrating the correct use of the seat, 11 l (4) providing educational messages that address parental concerns,' (5) providing reinforcement by pediatricians of the need for using the seats,9,16,17 (6) establishing good working relations between the car seat educator and key hospital staff,9,10,18 and (7) obtaining strong support of the medical and nursing staffs and the hospital administration. 11 1 Most evaluations of car safety seat loan and education programs have focused on middle-income families using private pediatricians.…”

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A Hospital-Based Infant Safety Seat Program for Low-Income Families: Assessment of Population Needs and Provider Practices

Brink¹,

Simons-Morton

Zane

1989

Health Education Quarterly

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Evaluation of a hospital-based car safety seat education and loan program for low-income families included hospital interviews with new mothers (N = 94), a survey of pediatricians (N = 28), and a task analysis of the program coordinator's time. Mothers who entered the hospital with safety seats were more likely than those without safety seats to (1) be White or Mexican-American than Black; (2) not be dependent on public transportation; (3) have an older child who always rides in a car seat; and (4) wear seat belts themselves. Mothers with seats did not differ from mothers without seats in knowledge or beliefs about the importance of, or intent to use, car seats. Of mothers without seats, 86.3% were aware of the hospital's car seat rental program, but only 12 of 51 rented a seat from the program. 61% of pediatricians surveyed believed that mothers' lack knowledge and skills to acquire and use car seats regularly, but only 31% always included education about the importance of using car seats and only 21% always referred mothers without seats to the rental program. Car seat loan programs addressing low-income populations should place greater emphasis on education of medical providers to provide education and referrals, encourage organizational policy that requires a safe first ride home and address issues of social support and perceived norms and ease of acquisition.

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confidence: 99%