OBJECTIVE To quantify the independent contribution of recently enacted booster seat laws on appropriate restraint use by child passengers in motor vehicles. DESIGN Longitudinal study of children involved in crashes with data collected via insurance claims records and a validated telephone survey. SETTING Sixteen states and Washington, DC, from December 1, 1998, through December 31, 2004. ...

Child restraint reduces the severity of injuries in motor vehicle crashes. Racial/ethnic groups appear to have differing restraint use rates. The objective of this study was to identify restraint use differences between ethnic and other demographic subgroups of pediatric trauma patients. Prospective data were analyzed for 1072 consecutive pediatric patients aged 19 or less who were involved in ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate a hospital-based educational program to increase child safety restraint knowledge and use among birthing mothers. METHODS A prospective experimental and control study was performed in the Obstetrics department of hospitals. A total of 216 new birthing mothers from two hospitals (114 from intervention hospital and 102 from comparison hospital) were recruited and enrolled ...

A developmentally delayed, 13-year old autistic boy required management of multifocal cerebral and pulmonary tumors, involving several anesthetics over a 4-month period. At each anesthetic he refused premedication, displayed increasing anxiety and became more combative. With parental guidance and involvement, a variety of anesthetists tried a range of techniques to achieve induction, each ultim...

OBJECTIVES The first aim was to examine the relationship between driver's age (novice teens, older teens, and adults) and child passenger's restraint status, front row seating, and injury risk. The second aim was to explore whether there was an excess injury risk to child passengers in teen crashes compared to those in adult crashes by examining the contributing factors. METHODS A cross secti...

Overconcern with weight and shape and body dissatisfaction have both emerged as significant predictors of disordered eating. However, it is unclear how these constructs relate to each other, and if each has different antecedents and consequences. This study aimed to identify prospective predictors of each construct and to determine their relative importance in predicting dietary restraint and b...

Recent legislative developments in the Philippines provided opportunities to strengthen existing speed enforcement capacity and build competence relation enforcing child restraint use for first time this country. The Global Road Safety Partnership’s (GRSP) Policing Capacity Building programme team worked closely with government non-government agencies develop deliver a series of classroom roads...