Featured article: Evaluating smartphone-based virtual reality to improve Chinese schoolchildren's pedestrian safety: A nonrandomized trial

Journal of Pediatric Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 573-584

  Schwebel, David C ^a   Wu, Yue ^b   Li, Peng ^a   Severson, Joan ^c   He, Yefei ^c   Xiang, Henry ^d,e   Hu, Guoqing ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Digital Artefacts   (United States)

^d NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

child pedestrian safety; China; cognitive perceptual skills; smartphone based virtual reality; traffic safety intervention

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; PEDESTRIAN; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; SAFETY; SCHOOL; SMARTPHONE; STUDENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CHILD; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; PEDESTRIANS; SAFETY; SCHOOLS; SMARTPHONE; STUDENTS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 85056592105     PISSN: 01468693     EISSN: 1465735X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsx147     Document Type: Article

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