USE OF AUTOMOBILE RESTRAINING DEVICES FOR INFANTS

Use of crash-tested and approved restraining devices for infants was studied in relationship to parents' locus of control, knowledge scores, and demographic data. Of 66 mothers who provided complete data, 19 (29 percent) owned and made proper use of the devices. Thirty-four mothers (52 percent) owned devices but did not use them properly.

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  American Journal of Nursing Company

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• Authors:
  • Ford, A H
• Publication Date: 1980

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 281-284
• Serial:
  • Nursing Research
  • Volume: 29
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: American Journal of Nursing Company
  • ISSN: 0029-6562
  • EISSN: 1538-9847
  • Serial URL: https://journals.lww.com/nursingresearchonline/pages/default.aspx

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Child restraint systems; Data collection; Infants; Surveys; Utilization
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00341206
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Safety Council Safety Research Info Serv
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 23 1981 12:00AM