An emergency department intervention to increase booster seat use for lower socioeconomic families

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 396-400

  Gittelman, Michael A ^a   Pomerantz, Wendy J ^a   Laurence, Susan ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Booster seat; Education; Emergency department

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FAMILY ATTITUDE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INJURY; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; SEATBELT; SEATBELT INJURY; SOCIAL STATUS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

AUTOMOBILES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFANT EQUIPMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; OHIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; SEAT BELTS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 33645297376     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2005.11.002     Document Type: Article

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