Cycle helmets

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 465-466

  Lee, A J ^a   Mann, N P ^b  

^a Bicycle Helmet Initiative Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BERKSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CYCLING; EDITORIAL; HELMET; LAW; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; BICYCLING; CHILD; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; GREAT BRITAIN; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS;

EID: 0038359221     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.88.6.465     Document Type: Editorial

References (19)

1. Reilly JJ, Dorosty A. Epidemic of obesity in UK children. Lancet 1999;354:1874-5.
2. Reilly JJ, Wilson ML, Summerbell CD, et al. Obesity: diagnosis, prevention, and treatment; evidence based answers to common questions. Arch Dis Child 2002;86:392-5.
3. Anon. A House of Commons report. Arch Dis Child 1996;75:463.
4. Rivara F, Thompson D, Thompson R. Epidemiology of bicycle injuries and risk factors for serious injury. Inj Prev 1997;3:110-14.
5. Sacks JJ, Holmgreen P, Smith SN, et al. Bicycle associated head injuries and deaths in the United States from 1984-1988. How many are preventable? JAMA 1991;266:3016-33.
6. Department of Trade & Industry. Home accident and data research. DTI, 2000.
7. Bicycle Helmet Initiative Trust. Pedal cycle injuries among under sixteens. Report 1120. BHIT, 2000.
8. Rivara FP, Thompson DC, Thompson RS. Circumstances and severity of bicycle injuries. Snell Memorial Foundation, 1996.
9. Thompson D, Rivara F, Thompson R. Helmets for preventing head and facial injuries in bicycling. Cochrane Collaboration, Cochrane Library, Issue 4, Oxford Update Software.
10. Attewell RG, Glase K, McFadden M. Bicycle helmet efficacy: a meta-analysis. Accid Anal Prev 2001;33:345-52.
11. Lee AJ, Mann NP, Takriti R. A hospital led promotion campaign aimed to increase cycle helmet wearing among children aged 11-15 living in West Berkshire. Inj Prev 2000;6:151-3.
12. Takriti R, Lee AJ, Mann N.P. Teenage attitude to bicycle helmets. Health Educ 2001;101:169-75.
13. Scruffham P, Alsop J, Cryer C, et al. Head injury to bicyclists and the New Zealand bicycle helmet law. Accid Anal Prev 2000;32:563-73.
14. Cameron MH, Vulcan AP, Finch CF, et al. Mandatory bicycle helmet use following a decade of helmet promotion in Victoria Australia - an evaluation. Accid Anal Prev 1994;26:325-7.
15. Macpherson AK, Parkin PC, To TM. Mandatory helmet legislation and children's exposure to cycling. Inj Prev 2001;7:228-32.
16. Gilchrist J, Schieber, Richard A, et al. Police enforcement as part of a comprehensive bicycle helmet program. Pediatrics 2000;106:6-9.
17. Lee A. Peer pressure in cycle helmet use. Paediatr Nurs 1993;5:12-15.
18. Sissons Joshi M, Beckett K, MacFarlane A. Cycle helmet wearing in teenagers - do health beliefs influence behaviour? Arch Dis Child 1994;71:536-9.
19. Halliday M, White C, Finch H, et al. Attitudes to cycle helmets - a qualitative study. TRL Report 154. Transport Research Laboratory, 1996.