THE COST EFFECTIVENESS OF THREE PROGRAMS TO INCREASE USE OF BICYCLE HELMETS AMONG CHILDREN

Each year in the U.S., 280 children die from bicycle crashes and 144,000 are treated for head injuries from bicycling. Although bicycle helmets reduce the risk of head injury by 85 percent, few children wear them. To help guide the choice of strategy to promote helmet use among children ages 5 to 16 years, the cost effectiveness of legislative, community-wide, and school-based approaches was assessed. A societal perspective was used, only direct costs were included, and a 4-year period after program startup was examined. National age-specific injury rates and an attributable risk model were used to estimate the expected number of bicycle-related head injuries and deaths in localities with and without a program.

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• Corporate Authors:

  U.S. Public Health Service

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  Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

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  Arlington, VA  United States  22201
• Authors:
  • Hatziandreu, E J
  • Sacks, J J
  • Brown, R
  • TAYLOR, W R
  • Rosenberg, M L
  • Graham, J D
• Publication Date: 1995-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 251-259
• Serial:
  • Public Health Reports
  • Volume: 110
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: U.S. Public Health Service
  • ISSN: 0090-2918
  • Serial URL: http://www.publichealthreports.org/index.cfm

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Bicycle crashes; Children; Cyclists; Head; Injuries; Occupant protection devices
• Uncontrolled Terms: Head injuries; Head protection
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I84: Personal Injuries;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00728964
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 27 1996 12:00AM