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Observational studyWorld journal of pediatrics : WJP2017

A comparative analysis of child passenger restraint use in China and the United States.

Jing-Zhen Yang, Li-Ping Li, Hong-Qian Wu, Daniel McGehee, Corinne Peek-Asa

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Observational study in World journal of pediatrics : WJP, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Safety seat and seat belt use among child motor vehicle occupants, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention · 2020
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Jing-Zhen YangThe Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Center for Injury Research and Policy, Columbus, OH, USA.
Li-Ping LiInjury Prevention Research Center, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China.
Hong-Qian WuDepartment of Biostatistics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
Daniel McGeheeInjury Prevention Research Center and Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Iowa, 145 N. Riverside Drive S160 CPHB, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
Corinne Peek-AsaInjury Prevention Research Center and Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Iowa, 145 N. Riverside Drive S160 CPHB, Iowa City, Iowa, USA. corinne-peek-asa@uiowa.edu.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundFew published studies have examined child passenger safety practices across countries. This study compared the prevalence and associated factors of child passenger restraint use among children, aged 0 to 17 in the state of Iowa in the United States, and the city of Shantou in China.

methodsChild restraint use observations were conducted in Iowa and in Shantou in 2012, respectively, among child passengers. Observations in Iowa were conducted at randomly selected gas stations, while in Shantou observations were completed at randomly selected schools or medical clinics. Research observers approached the driver, observed restraint use, and collected brief survey data.

resultsA total of 3049 children from Iowa and 3333 children aged 0 to 17 years from Shantou were observed. For children aged 0 to 3 years, only 0.1% were compliantly restrained in Shantou as compared to 95.9% in Iowa. The proportion of children who were compliantly restrained in Shantou increased with age, but generally decreased with age in Iowa. In Shantou, 36.0% of children aged 0 to 3 were sitting in the front seat as compared to only 1.7% of children of the same age in Iowa. Driver seat belt use was significantly associated with child restraint in both Iowa and Shantou; the association was stronger in Iowa than Shantou for all age groups.

conclusionsA significantly higher prevalence of children who were not appropriately restrained was observed in Shantou than in Iowa. Our findings support the need of mandatory child safety restraint use legislation in China.

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Child WelfareAccidents, TrafficAutomobile DrivingChildChild, PreschoolChild Restraint SystemsChinaFemaleHumansInfantLogistic ModelsMaleMultivariate AnalysisSeat BeltsUnited Stateschild passenger safety restraintcross countrymotor vehicle occupant

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