Child restraint seat use behavior and attitude among Japanese mothers

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1234-1243

  Kakefuda, Itsumi ^a,b   Yamanaka, Tatsuhiro ^b,c   Stallones, Lorann ^a   Motomura, Yoichi ^b   Nishida, Yoshifumi ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c Ryokuen Children's Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Child occupant safety; Child restraint seat; Health Belief Model; Japan; Theory of Reasoned Action

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SAFETY FACTOR; SEATS; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

CHILD OCCUPANT SAFETY; CHILD RESTRAINT SEATS; HEALTH BELIEF MODEL; THEORY OF REASONED ACTION;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; SEATBELT; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AUTOMOBILES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PARENTING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SAFETY; SEAT BELTS;

EID: 42749083642     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2008.01.013     Document Type: Article

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