Factors Associated with Bicycle Helmet Use Among Young Adolescents in a Multinational Sample

This study seeks to determine factors associated with variation in bicycle helmet use by youth of different industrialized countries. A multinational cross sectional survey of health behaviors including symptoms, risk taking, school setting and family context was conducted. The survey was a school-based survey of students ages 11, 13 and 15 in 26 countries. Results showed that reported helmet use varied greatly by country from 39.2% (Norway) to 1.9% (Slovak Republic), with 12 countries reporting less than 10% of the bicycle riders as frequent helmet users and 14 countries more than 10%. Reported helmet use was highest at 11 years and decreased as age increased. Helmet use was positively associated with other healthy behaviors, with parental involvement and with per capita gross domestic product of the country. It is negatively associated with risk taking behaviors. Countries with the greatest frequency of reported helmet use also reported the presence of some intervention programs, including helmet giveaway programs, to promote helmet use.

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• Authors:
  • Klein, K S
  • Thompson, D
  • Scheidt, P C
  • Overpeck, M D
  • Gross, L A
• Publication Date: 2005-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 288-293
• Serial:
  • Injury Prevention
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
  • ISSN: 1353-8047
  • EISSN: 1475-5785
  • Serial URL: http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Bicycle helmets; Countries; Gross domestic product; Risk taking; Safety programs; Students; Surveys
• Uncontrolled Terms: Interventions
• Geographic Terms: Europe; Israel; North America
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01006892
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 3 2005 8:14AM