Skip Navigation

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow E-letters: Submit a response
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when E-letters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Disclaimer
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Ringwalt, C. L.
Right arrow Articles by Wittenbraker, J. E.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow Articles by Ringwalt, C. L.
Right arrow Articles by Wittenbraker, J. E.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

Health Education Research, Vol. 1, No. 4, 263-271, 1986
© 1986 Oxford University Press

research-article

Parental beliefs associated with the use of child restraint devices

C. L. Ringwalt, B. M. DeVellis1, C. W. Runyan1, R. F. DeVellis2 and J. E. Wittenbraker3

Department of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health
1Department of Health Education, School of Public Health
2Rehabilitation Program, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA
3ARBOR, Inc., Philadelphia, PA, USA

Despite the passage of laws mandating the use of child restraint devices (CRDs), children remain at risk of injury and death from car crashes. This risk could be substantially reduced if parents complied with laws concerning CRDs. In this study a hierarchical model consisting of five different types of beliefs concerning CRD use is developed and tested by means of a telephone survey of 140 parents in North Carolina. Tested are parents' beliefs concerning: (i) the consequences of having their child ride in a CRD; (ii) the safety of alternatives to CRD use for child passengers; (iii) the likelihood of their child's being in a crash; (iv) the probability of injuries of varying severity associated with potential crashes; and (v) the role of attributions in mediating the effects of previous crash experiences. Parental CRD use was significantly associated with the first and second types of beliefs in the model. Implications of the study for the design of programs promoting CRD use are discussed.


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Scand J Public HealthHome page
E. Sellstrom, S. Bremberg, A. Garling, and J. Olof Hornquist
Risk of childhood injury: predictors of mothers' perceptions
Scand J Public Health, July 1, 2000; 28(3): 188 - 193.
[Abstract] [PDF]


Disclaimer:
Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.