Keeping our children safe in motor vehicles: Knowledge, attitudes and practice among parents in Kuwait regarding child car safety

International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 358-367

  Raman, Sudha R ^a,b   Landry, Michel D ^b,c   Ottensmeyer, C Andrea ^d   Jacob, Susan ^e   Hamdan, Elham ^b   Bouhaimed, Manal ^e  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Fawzia Sultan Rehabilitation Institute   (Kuwait)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d St John's Rehabilitation Hospital   (Canada)

^e KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

child car safety; child safety restraints, injury prevention; Kuwait; seat belts; survey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAR; CAR DRIVING; CHILD; CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAFETY; SEATBELT; UTILIZATION REVIEW; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; CHILD; CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; SAFETY; SEAT BELTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890719728     PISSN: 17457300     EISSN: 17457319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17457300.2012.745578     Document Type: Article

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