ArticleInjury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention2001
Mandatory helmet legislation and children's exposure to cycling.
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- Bicycle helmet legislation for the uptake of helmet use and prevention of head injuries.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2008Pooled it
- Effectiveness of bicycle helmet legislation to increase helmet use: a systematic review.Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention · 2006Pooled it
- Adoption of municipal bylaw legislating mandatory helmet use for cyclists under the age of 18: impact on cycling and helmet use.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2020Article
- Bicycle helmet use and bicycling-related injury among young Canadians: an equity analysis.International journal for equity in health · 2013Article
- Helmet legislation and admissions to hospital for cycling related head injuries in Canadian provinces and territories: interrupted time series analysis.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2013Article
- Economic disparity in bicycle helmet use by children six years after the introduction of legislation.Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention · 2006Article
- From sports injury prevention to safety promotion in sports.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2006Review
- Effectiveness of cycle helmets and the ethics of legislation.Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine · 2004Article
- Improving bicycle safety: The role of paediatricians and family physicians.Paediatrics & child health · 2004Article
- Bias when using dead controls to study handgun purchase as a risk factor for violent death.Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention · 2003Article
- Helmet laws and cycle use.Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention · 2003Article
- Cycle helmets.Archives of disease in childhood · 2003Article
- New Zealand bicycle helmet law--do the costs outweigh the benefits?Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention · 2002Article
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Abstract
backgroundMandatory helmet legislation for cyclists is the subject of much debate. Opponents of helmet legislation suggest that making riders wear helmets will reduce ridership, thus having a negative overall impact on health. Mandatory bicycle helmet legislation for children was introduced in Ontario, Canada in October 1995. The objective of our study was to examine trends in children's cycling rates before and after helmet legislation in one health district.
settingChild cyclists were observed at 111 preselected sites (schools, parks, residential streets, and major intersections) in the late spring and summer of 1993-97 and in 1999, in a defined urban community.
participantsTrained observers counted the number of child cyclists. The number of children observed in each area was divided by the number of observation hours, resulting in the calculation of cyclists per hour.
main outcome measureA general linear model, using Tukey's method, compared the mean number of cyclists per hour for each year, and for each type of site.
resultsAlthough the number of child cyclists per hour was significantly different in different years, these differences could not be attributed to legislation. In 1996, the year after legislation came into effect, average cycling levels were higher (6.84 cyclists per hour) than in 1995, the year before legislation (4.33 cyclists per hour).
conclusionContrary to the findings in Australia, the introduction of helmet legislation did not have a significant negative impact on child cycling in this community.
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