Impact OFA comprehensive safety program on bicycle helmet use among middle-school children

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 239-247

  Van Houten, Ron ^a   Van Houten, Joy ^b   Malenfant, J E Louis ^b  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Education and Research in Safety

Author keywords

Bicycle helmet use; Bicycle safety; Enforcement; Goal setting; Peer data monitoring; Public posting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; HELMET; HUMAN; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SAFETY; SCHOOL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; BICYCLING; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SAFETY; SCHOOLS;

EID: 34547697327     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2007.62-06     Document Type: Article

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