Brief motivational intervention to increase self-reported safety belt use among emergency department patients

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 419-425

  Fernandez, William G ^a   Mitchell, Patricia M ^a   Jamanka, Amber S ^b   Winter, Michael R ^b   Bullock, Holly ^a   Donovan, Jacqueline ^a   St George, Jill ^a   Feldman, James A ^a   Gallagher, Susan S ^c   McKay, Mary Pat ^d   Bernstein, Edward ^a   Colton, Ted ^b  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Brief motivational intervention; Emergency department; Injury prevention; Safety belt use

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEATBELT; SELF REPORT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; INJURY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAFETY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; BOSTON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SAFETY; SEAT BELTS; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 44049104630     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00096.x     Document Type: Article

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