Identifying Interventions that Promote Belt-Positioning Booster Seat Use for Parents with Low Educational Attainment
Children are often prematurely graduated to seat belt restraint rather than belt-positioning boosters by parents with low educational attainment. The authors aimed to identify booster seat use promotion interventions among this population. Focus groups were used by this multi-site study to elicit booster seat non-use contributing factors, through which subsequent intervention development was informed. Belt-positioning booster seat-related threats, benefits, and perceived barriers among parents in the population were identified in the first phase (10 focus groups, N = 117) and used in existing intervention identification and new intervention creation. Parental intervention reactions were elicited and belt-positioning booster seats were provided, along with education on using them, in the second phase (20 focus groups, N = 171). Six weeks later, follow-up interviews were conducted. Belt-positioning booster seat use had as primary barriers fear of injury and lack of education. Interventions in which clear, concrete messaging relating to use motivated parents. An intervention presenting a true story about an appropriate restraint-preventable severe injury to a child was favored by parents. In follow-up, booster seat use motivation through this intervention was most often credited by parents. Barriers to use cited by parents included child non-compliance and lack of comfort, but interventions addressing these barriers did not motivate parents. Factor identification and addressing contributing to a population's belt-positioning booster seat use intentions can lead to the creation of effective intervention programs. Also, messages addressing booster seat non-use perceived threats in order to motivate the target population must be used in successful programs.
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Authors:
- Winston, Flaura K
- Erkoboni, Danielle
- Xie, Dawei
- Publication Date: 2007-9
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Edition: Supplement
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp S29-S38
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Serial:
- Journal of Trauma, Injury, Infection and Critical Care
- Volume: 63
- Issue Number: 3
- Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- ISSN: 0022-5282
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Benefits; Booster seats; Child restraint systems; Children; Compliance; Crash injuries; Crash injury research; Factor analysis; Focus groups; Manual safety belts; Parents; Promotion; Seat belts; Threats
- Uncontrolled Terms: Barriers (Challenges); Education level; Identification; Intervention; Position; Severe injuries
- Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01079984
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Oct 25 2007 10:26AM