Child passenger safety behaviors in Latino communities

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 358-373

  Ebel, Beth E ^a,b,d   Coronado, Gloria D ^c   Thompson, Beti ^c   Martinez, Teri ^c   Fitzgerald, Katharine ^d   Vaca, Federico ^e   Rivara, Frederick P ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^d SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Booster seat; Child passenger safety; Community health; Elicitation interview; Hispanic; Latino families; Motor vehicle injury; Qualitative research; Seat belt; Social marketing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CHILD; EQUIPMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAFETY; SEATBELT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT EQUIPMENT; INTERVIEWS; MALE; SAFETY; SEAT BELTS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 33745030097     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2006.0058     Document Type: Article

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