A School–Hospital Partnership Increases Knowledge of Pedestrian and Motor Vehicle Safety

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1057-1064

  Bachman, Shelby L ^a   Arbogast, Helen ^a   Ruiz, Pearl ^a   Farag, Mina ^a   Demeter, Natalie E ^a   Upperman, Jeffrey S ^a,b   Burke, Rita V ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child restraint; Distracted driving; Education; Motor vehicle safety; Pedestrian safety

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM; DRUNKEN DRIVING; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENT; PEDESTRIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SCHOOL; STUDENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URBAN POPULATION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; LOS ANGELES; PARENTS; PEDESTRIANS; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; TRAUMA CENTERS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84945482987     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-015-0031-3     Document Type: Article

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