The Impact of Child Safety Restraint Status and Age in Motor Vehicle Collisions in Predicting Type and Severity of Bone Fractures and Traumatic Injuries

Loftis, Christopher M.; Sawyer, Jeffrey R.; Eubanks, James W.; Kelly, Derek M.

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“…The most common mechanisms that cause head injuries in children are falls, road traffic crashes and sports activities, which are all preventable. Numerous safety measures have been introduced with the aim of reducing head injuries among children, including air bags, seat belt height adjusting booster seats and rear facing infant car seats, helmets, impact attenuating playground surfaces and trampoline safety enclosures . However, head injuries still remain a common cause of hospitalisation among children.…”

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Incidence and severity of head injury hospitalisations in Australian children over a 10‐year period

Bierbaum

Lystad

Curtis

et al. 2018

Health Prom J of Aust

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Head injury hospitalisations cost the Australian health system close to half a billion dollars over a 10-year period, with the most serious injuries resulting in lifelong health implications. SO WHAT?: Targeted health promotion strategies such as the promotion of helmet wearing during scooter use, the introduction of cycleways, and impact absorbing surfaces on playgrounds, need to be implemented to reduce the occurrence of head injuries in children.

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Incidence and severity of head injury hospitalisations in Australian children over a 10‐year period

Bierbaum

Lystad

Curtis

et al. 2018

Health Prom J of Aust

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“…Among the youngest vehicle passengers, children under age 5 years, proper use of rear-facing child restraint systems (CRS) reduces risk of injury in MVC by 80% and forward-facing CRS reduces risk by 50% (FIA Foundation for the Automobile and Society, 2009; see also Loftis, Sawyer, Eubanks, & Kelly, 2017). Correct CRS use requires a multistep process that includes CRS selection, installation of the CRS in the vehicle, and child positioning in the CRS.…”

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Supporting Caregiver Use of Child Restraints in Rural Communities via Interactive Virtual Presence

Swanson

MacKay

et al. 2019

Health Educ Behav

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When used correctly, child restraint systems (CRS) effectively reduce the risk of serious injury and death to child passengers in motor vehicle crashes. However, error rates in CRS use among caregivers are extremely high. Consultation with child passenger safety technicians (CPST) reduces misuse rates, but access to CPST is limited, particularly in rural areas. Remote consultation via interactive virtual presence (IVP) may increase access to CPST. One hundred and fifty caregivers in Southeast Montana completed remote consultation with CPST via IVP. Errors in CRS selection, installation, and child positioning were coded at baseline and postintervention in a within-subjects, pretest–posttest design. The proportion of caregivers making one or more errors in CRS selection (McNemar’s test p < .001) and installation (McNemar’s test p < .001), but not child positioning, significantly decreased following remote consultation. IVP is a promising mobile health (mHealth) strategy for providing remote consultation with CPST to improve rates of correct CRS use and mitigate child injury risk.

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Are classic metaphyseal lesions pathognomonic for child abuse? Two cases of motor vehicle collision-related extremity CML and a review of the literature

Culotta

Burge

Bachim

et al. 2020

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

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The Impact of Child Safety Restraint Status and Age in Motor Vehicle Collisions in Predicting Type and Severity of Bone Fractures and Traumatic Injuries

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Cited by 9 publications

References 16 publications

Incidence and severity of head injury hospitalisations in Australian children over a 10‐year period

Incidence and severity of head injury hospitalisations in Australian children over a 10‐year period

Supporting Caregiver Use of Child Restraints in Rural Communities via Interactive Virtual Presence

Are classic metaphyseal lesions pathognomonic for child abuse? Two cases of motor vehicle collision-related extremity CML and a review of the literature

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