Using a focus group to determine car seat use among mothers of children aged 3 to 7 years

MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 165-169

  Medoff Cooper, Barbara ^a,b,c   Tulman, Lorraine ^c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b Biobehavioral Research Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American mothers; Car seats; Child passenger safety; Latina mothers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EQUIPMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEATBELT; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT EQUIPMENT; MOTHERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEAT BELTS;

EID: 34248144520     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NMC.0000269566.27734.e0     Document Type: Article

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