Restraint Use Among Northwest American Indian Children Traveling in Motor Vehicles

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ID11034019
AutoresJodi Lapidus (0000-0002-2068-0619, Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board), Jodi A Lapidus (Jodi A. Lapidus is with the Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Division of Biostatistics, and the Center for Healthy Communities, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland. Beth E. Ebel is with the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center and Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle. Nicole H. Smith is with the Northwest Tribal Epidemiology Center, Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board, Portland, as was Francine C. Romero at the time this research was...), Nicole Holdaway Smith (0000-0002-8811-2810, Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board), Beth E Ebel (0000-0001-9310-8325, Jodi A. Lapidus is with the Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Division of Biostatistics, and the Center for Healthy Communities, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland. Beth E. Ebel is with the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center and Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle. Nicole H. Smith is with the Northwest Tribal Epidemiology Center, Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board, Portland, as was Francine C. Romero at the time this research was...), Francine C Romero (Jodi A. Lapidus is with the Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Division of Biostatistics, and the Center for Healthy Communities, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland. Beth E. Ebel is with the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center and Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle. Nicole H. Smith is with the Northwest Tribal Epidemiology Center, Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board, Portland, as was Francine C. Romero at the time this research was...), F Romero (Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board)
Ano2005
Volume95
Fascículo11
Páginas1982-1988
Data de publicação2005-11-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditoraAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2004.052514
PMID16195522
PMCIDPMC1449472
OpenAlexW2133991676
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas10

Objectives. We sought to estimate motor vehicle passenger restraint use among Northwest American Indian children 8 years old or younger and to determine factors associated with using proper (i.e., age and weight appropriate) passenger restraint systems. Methods. We surveyed vehicles driven by members of 6 tribes in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. Associations between proper restraint and child, driver, and vehicle characteristics were analyzed using logistic regression for clustered data. Results. We observed 775 children traveling in 574 vehicles; 41% were unrestrained. Proper restraint ranged from 63% among infant seat-eligible children to 11% among booster seat-eligible children and was associated with younger child’s age (odds ratio (OR) per year = 0.60; 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.48, 0.75), seating location (OR front vs rear=0.27; 95% CI=0.16, 0.44), driver seat belt use (OR=2.39; 95% CI=1.51, 3.80), and relationship (OR for nonparent vs parent=0.28; 95% CI=0.14, 0.58). More than half of drivers felt children could use an adult seat belt earlier than recommended guidelines, and 63% did not correctly identify whether their tribe had child safety seat laws. Conclusions. Children in these communities are inadequately restrained. Restraint use was exceedingly low among booster-eligible children and children riding with unrestrained adults. Interventions emphasizing appropriate restraint use and enforcement of passenger safety laws could reduce the risk of injury or death in motor vehicle accidents

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