Otis J, Lesage D, Godin G, Brown B, Farley C, Lambert J
Department of Community Health, Charles LeMoyne Hospital, Greenfield Park, Quebec, Canada.
Public Health Rep. 1992 May-Jun;107(3):283-9.
The researchers undertook to identify the factors that are most likely to influence children's intentions to use bicycle helmets. To determine the most important intention influencing factors, a random sample of 797 students in grades 4 through 6 completed a self-administered questionnaire concerning their beliefs about helmet use. They were asked about their perceptions of the risk of riding bicycles unprotected, the severity of possible head injuries, and about other bicycle-safety related behaviors. Factors that best predicted the student's intentions to use bicycle helmets involved both behavioral beliefs and normative beliefs. Analysis of factors influencing those with low intentions to use helmets, compared to those with high intentions, suggests the most effective messages that health planners can provide preadolescents to influence them to use helmets. They are that helmet use is fun and attractive, helmets provide a new look and a sporting image, and friends approve of and value this behavior. Parents, and particularly mothers, can reinforce their children's intentions to use helmets and their involvement should be encouraged.
研究人员致力于确定最有可能影响儿童使用自行车头盔意愿的因素。为了确定最重要的意愿影响因素，从4至6年级的797名学生中随机抽取样本，让他们自行填写一份关于其对头盔使用看法的问卷。问卷询问了他们对未佩戴头盔骑自行车风险的认知、可能头部受伤的严重程度以及其他与自行车安全相关的行为。最能预测学生使用自行车头盔意愿的因素涉及行为信念和规范信念。与使用头盔意愿高的学生相比，对使用头盔意愿低的学生的影响因素分析表明，健康规划者可以向青春期前儿童提供的最有效的信息，以促使他们使用头盔。这些信息是：使用头盔有趣且有吸引力，头盔能带来新形象和运动感，朋友认可并重视这种行为。父母，尤其是母亲，可以强化孩子使用头盔的意愿，应鼓励他们参与其中。
