Trends and Correlates of Child Passenger Restraint Use in 6 Northwest Tribes: The Native Children Always Ride Safe (Native CARS) Project

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• Personal Author:
  Ebel BE ; Lapidus JA ; Lutz T ; Smith NH
• Corporate Authors:
  Native Health Database. Native CARS Study Group
• Description:
  Objectives. We compared proportions of children properly restrained in vehicles in 6 Northwest American Indian tribes in 2003 and 2009, and evaluated risks for improper restraint. Methods. During spring 2009 we conducted a vehicle observation survey in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho tribal communities. We estimated the proportions of children riding properly restrained and evaluated correlates of improper restraint via log-binomial regression models for clustered data. Results. We observed 1853 children aged 12 years and younger in 1207 vehicles; 49% rode properly restrained. More children aged 8 years and younger rode properly restrained in 2009 than 2003 (51% vs 29%; P < .001). Older booster seat-eligible children were least likely to ride properly restrained in 2009 (25%). American Indian children were more likely to ride improperly restrained than nonnative children in the same communities. Other risk factors included riding with an unrestrained or nonparent driver, riding where child passenger restraint laws were weaker than national guidelines, and taking a short trip. Conclusions. Although proper restraint has increased, it remains low. Tribe-initiated interventions to improve child passenger restraint use are under way. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Automobiles Community Health Services Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Automobile Safety Children Community Health Motor Vehicles Safety Belts Safety Practices Vehicle Safety
• ISSN:
  0090-0036
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Idaho ; Oregon ; OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  355-361
• Volume:
  103
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20056837
• Citation:
  Am J Public Health 2013 Feb; 103(2):355-361
• Contact Point Address:
  Jodi Lapidus, PhD, Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board, 2121 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97201
• Email:
  jlapidus@npaihb.org
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• Performing Organization:
  University of Washington
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Public Health
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:dd805fdeae247f474c8fc61cc5a9f49f8edf691c47787e4ddbb0af82c133309e270841ab9a74b5f523c18b9a35ab745b4178faa689906e6934b38e992e5550e9
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/214340/cdc_214340_DS1.pdf
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