Teaching children to cross streets safely: A randomized, controlled trial

Health Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 628-638

  Schwebel, David C ^a   McClure, Leslie A ^a   Severson, Joan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Digital Artefacts LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Injury; Pedestrian; Randomized controlled trial; Safety; Street crossing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD SAFETY; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDESTRIAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL STATUS; TRAFFIC; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC NOISE; VIDEORECORDING; VIRTUAL REALITY; WALKING SPEED; COMPUTER INTERFACE; HEALTH PROMOTION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; SAFETY; TEACHING; WALKING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ATTENTION; CHILD; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; SAFETY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; WALKING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84903608062     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/hea0000032     Document Type: Article

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