Journal article
A comparative analysis of child passenger restraint use in China and the United States
World journal of pediatrics : WJP, Vol.13(6), pp.593-598
12/2017
DOI: 10.1007/s12519-017-0057-y
PMID: 28752389
Abstract
Few 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.
Child 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.
A 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.
A 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.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- A comparative analysis of child passenger restraint use in China and the United States
- Creators
- Jing-Zhen Yang - Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, the Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USALi-Ping Li - Injury Prevention Research Center, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, ChinaHong-Qian Wu - Injury Prevention Research Center and Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Iowa, 145 N. Riverside Drive S160 CPHB, Iowa City, Iowa, USADaniel McGehee - Human Factors and Vehicle Safety Research Division, University of Iowa Public Policy Center, Iowa City, Iowa, USACorinne Peek-Asa - Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA. corinne-peek-asa@uiowa.edu
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- World journal of pediatrics : WJP, Vol.13(6), pp.593-598
- DOI
- 10.1007/s12519-017-0057-y
- PMID
- 28752389
- NLM abbreviation
- World J Pediatr
- ISSN
- 1708-8569
- eISSN
- 1867-0687
- Publisher
- Switzerland
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/2017
- Academic Unit
- Public Health Administration; Occupational and Environmental Health; Epidemiology; Emergency Medicine; Industrial and Systems Engineering; Nursing; Center for Social Science Innovation; Injury Prevention Research Center; Public Policy Center (Archive); Community and Behavioral Health
- Record Identifier
- 9983997339102771
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