Istre Gregory R, McCoy Mary A, Womack Katie N, Fanning Linda, Dekat Laurette, Stowe Martha
Injury Prevention of Greater Dallas, Dallas, TX 75235, USA.
Am J Public Health. 2002 Jul;92(7):1096-9. doi: 10.2105/ajph.92.7.1096.
The use of restraints in motor vehicles is less common in minority and low-income populations than in the general population. A preliminary survey of Hispanic preschool-aged children in west Dallas, Tex, conducted in 1997 showed much lower child restraint use (19% of those surveyed) than among preschool children of all races in the rest of the city (62%). Because there are few reports of successful programs to increase child restraint use among Hispanics, we undertook to implement and evaluate such a program. The program was conducted by bilingual staff and was tailored for this community. It was successful in increasing both child restraint use and driver seat belt use.
与普通人群相比,少数民族和低收入人群在机动车中使用约束装置的情况较少。1997年在得克萨斯州达拉斯西部对西班牙裔学龄前儿童进行的一项初步调查显示,儿童约束装置的使用率(受调查者的19%)远低于该市其他地区所有种族的学龄前儿童(62%)。由于鲜有关于成功提高西班牙裔儿童约束装置使用率项目的报道,我们着手实施并评估这样一个项目。该项目由双语工作人员开展,并针对这个社区进行了调整。它在提高儿童约束装置使用率和驾驶员安全带使用率方面都取得了成功。