Policy Research and Child Passenger Safety Legislation
A Case Study and Experimental Evaluation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10220140 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stephen B Fawcett (0000-0003-4572-4208, DePaul University, corresponding author), Tom Seekins (Food Outreach, corresponding author), Leonard A Jason (0000-0002-9972-4425, University of Kansas, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 133-148 |
| Publication date | 1987-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Social Issues (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-4537 • E-ISSN: 1540-4560 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1540-4560.1987.tb01300.x |
| OpenAlex | W2087622955 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 12 |
Car accidents are the leading cause of death for children over 1 year old. Successful attempts to enact child passenger safety legislation illustrate a potential role for public policy in reducing the risk of injury and death to children. This report describes the development and use of research information to influence decisions on child passenger safety bills before state legislatures in Kansas and Illinois. In a case study in Kansas and a controlled experiment in Illinois, data were presented to respective legislatures on direct observations about how often the problem occurs; also presented were ratings on the importance of child passenger safety and the social acceptability of government regulation in this area. This research study examines the implications of using psychological research methods to influence policy formulation and the enactment of social legislation
Business · Environmental health · Government (linguistics · Injury prevention · Legislation · Legislature · Occupational safety and health · Poison control · Political science · Public policy · Child Welfare and Adoption · Community Health and Development · Engineering · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Injury Epidemiology and Prevention · Law · Medicine · Public Administration
Tobacco, Drug, and HIV Preventive Media Interventions
Increasing the Use of Science to Improve Child-Rearing
Establishing and maintaining healthy environments
The urban environment and child pedestrian and bicycle injuries
Eco-transactional behavioral research
A contextual‐behavioral model of empowerment
Participating in social change
Behavioral Interventions Contributing to Reducing Poverty and Inequities
Communication of innovations
Social Validity
The nature of problem solving in social action
Influencing the passage of child passenger restraint legislation
The Tennessee child restraint law in its third year
The Kansas Legislature
The American Legislative Process
Policy impacts of the New Jersey income maintenance experiment
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,23 |
| Citation span | 1991 - 2023 (33) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |