TY - JOUR
T1 - Factors Associated with the Use of Child Restraint Devices
AU - Gielen, Andrea Carlson
AU - Eriksen, Michael Paul
AU - Daltroy, Lawren H.
AU - Rost, Kathryn
N1 - Funding Information:
. J Safety Research 12 : 115 - 126 , 1980 . Maryland Technical Advisory Service, Project KISS: The Automobile Child Restraint Telephone Survey, Grant No. HE-0919-04-1, University of Maryland, June, 1981. Geddis DC , Appleton IC :
PY - 1984/6
Y1 - 1984/6
N2 - A thorough behavioral diagnosis of why parents do and do not use car safety seats is important for designing an effective, comprehensive approach to the significant public health problem of childhood motor vehicle occupant deaths and injuries. With a clear understanding of the de mographic, knowledge, attitudinal and social support factors related to car seat use, it will be possible to develop or refine program methods and persuasive communication strategies which will have the greatest potential for effectiveness. Project KISS (Kids in Safety Seats) of the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene surveyed parents of young children in Maryland to identify factors which differentiate child restraint device users from nonusers. A statewide telephone survey was conducted using random digit dialing, a method of computerizied sampling for telephone interviewing. The survey instrument incorporated demographic variables and used Fishbein and Ajzen’s model of behavioral intention to develop an attitude scale and identify social referents important to parental safety seat use. Of the factors associated with reported use of car seats, the attitudinal variables were extremely significant. Using these variables as well as spouse approval, socio-demographic characteristics, and other preventive health behaviors of parents, resulted in the correct classification of 75.5% of cases and 26.7% of the variance in reported car seat use. Practitioners can use this analysis to design and target effective educational efforts to those individuals who are least likely to use car seats properly and consistently.
AB - A thorough behavioral diagnosis of why parents do and do not use car safety seats is important for designing an effective, comprehensive approach to the significant public health problem of childhood motor vehicle occupant deaths and injuries. With a clear understanding of the de mographic, knowledge, attitudinal and social support factors related to car seat use, it will be possible to develop or refine program methods and persuasive communication strategies which will have the greatest potential for effectiveness. Project KISS (Kids in Safety Seats) of the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene surveyed parents of young children in Maryland to identify factors which differentiate child restraint device users from nonusers. A statewide telephone survey was conducted using random digit dialing, a method of computerizied sampling for telephone interviewing. The survey instrument incorporated demographic variables and used Fishbein and Ajzen’s model of behavioral intention to develop an attitude scale and identify social referents important to parental safety seat use. Of the factors associated with reported use of car seats, the attitudinal variables were extremely significant. Using these variables as well as spouse approval, socio-demographic characteristics, and other preventive health behaviors of parents, resulted in the correct classification of 75.5% of cases and 26.7% of the variance in reported car seat use. Practitioners can use this analysis to design and target effective educational efforts to those individuals who are least likely to use car seats properly and consistently.
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U2 - 10.1177/109019818401100210
DO - 10.1177/109019818401100210
M3 - Article
C2 - 6520002
AN - SCOPUS:0021450676
SN - 1090-1981
VL - 11
SP - 195
EP - 206
JO - Health Education & Behavior
JF - Health Education & Behavior
IS - 2
ER -