SynthesisInjury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention2007
Promoting bicycle helmet wearing by children using non-legislative interventions: systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- The Injuries and Helmet Use in Bike Share Programs: A Systematic Review.Journal of community health · 2021Pooled it
- An Intervention to Reduce Bicycle Injuries among Middle School Students in Rural China.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2017Trial
- The effectiveness of a bicycle safety program for improving safety-related knowledge and behavior in young elementary students.Journal of pediatric psychology · 2010Trial
- Effectiveness of road safety interventions: An evidence and gap map.Campbell systematic reviews · 2024Article
- Estimated prevalence of helmet use while bicycling, rollerblading, and skateboarding among middle school students in selected U.S. States- Youth Behavior Risk Survey, 2013-2019.Journal of safety research · 2023Article
- Bicycle Injury Prevention Education Using 360° Virtual Reality Experiences of Accidents and Computer-Based Activity.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Facilitators and barriers to bicycle helmet use: A qualitative evidence synthesis.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2022Article
- Road accidents in children involving light electric vehicles cause more severe injuries than other similar vehicles.European journal of pediatrics · 2021Article
- Parent-adolescent bicycling safety communication and bicycling behavior.Accident; analysis and prevention · 2019Article
- Helmets for Kids: evaluation of a school-based helmet intervention in Cambodia.Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention · 2016Article
- A descriptive study of bicycle helmet use in Montreal, 2011.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2013Article
- Bicycle helmet use after the introduction of all ages helmet legislation in an urban community in Alberta, Canada.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publiqueArticle
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Abstract
objectivesTo assess the effectiveness of non-legislative interventions in increasing bicycle helmet use among children and young people, and to identify possible reasons for differential effectiveness of interventions.
designSystematic review and meta-analysis. DATA SOURCES: 10 electronic databases were searched up to October 2006. Several other sources of potentially relevant information were identified and examined. REVIEW
methodsWe included randomized controlled trials, non-randomized controlled trials and controlled before-and-after studies of interventions to promote bicycle helmet use, which did not require the enactment of legislation. Participants were aged between 0 and 18 years.
main outcome measureObserved helmet wearing.
results13 studies were included in the review and 11 in the meta-analysis. The odds of observed helmet wearing were significantly greater among children and young people in the intervention groups (OR 2.13, 95% CI 1.35 to 3.35). Subgroup analysis indicated that the effect might be greater for community-based studies (4.57, 2.37 to 8.81) and those providing free helmets (4.60, 2.25 to 9.43) than for those providing subsidized helmets (2.11, 1.09 to 4.06) and those set in schools (1.73, 1.04 to 2.89). Evidence for the effectiveness of the interventions was stronger in studies with follow-up periods of <or=6 months (2.23, 1.27 to 3.90) than in those with longer-term follow-up (1.63, 0.91 to 2.91).
conclusionsNon-legislative interventions are effective in increasing bicycle helmet use among children and young people. Community-based helmet promotion programmes that include the provision of free helmets may increase observed helmet wearing to a greater extent than those set in schools or those providing subsidized helmets.
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