Robitaille Y, Legault J, Abbey H, Pless I B
Department of Community Health, Montreal General Hospital, Quebec, Canada.
Am J Dis Child. 1990 Jan;144(1):74-8. doi: 10.1001/archpedi.1990.02150250084038.
This study was designed to assess the influence of an infant car seat loan program on car seat utilization in a low-income community. An adjacent community, with no car seat program, was chosen for comparison. Systematic observations were made in the two neighborhoods, and this information was supplemented by telephone interviews. Greater use of infant seats was observed in the intervention community (41%) than in the control community (27%) for infants younger than 6 months old. The rate of observed utilization of infants between 7 and 18 months of age increased to 50% on average, but no significant differences were noted between the two communities. These findings suggest that a community-based loan program can produce short-term increases in car seat use rates for infants, even in a low-income community. A strategy to facilitate continued accessibility to such restraints is needed, however, to maintain these improvements.
本研究旨在评估婴儿汽车安全座椅租赁项目对低收入社区汽车安全座椅使用率的影响。选择了一个没有汽车安全座椅项目的相邻社区作为对照。在这两个社区进行了系统观察，并通过电话访谈补充了这些信息。对于6个月以下的婴儿，干预社区（41%）的婴儿安全座椅使用率高于对照社区（27%）。7至18个月大婴儿的观察使用率平均提高到50%，但两个社区之间没有显著差异。这些发现表明，即使在低收入社区，基于社区的租赁项目也能在短期内提高婴儿汽车安全座椅的使用率。然而，需要一种策略来促进持续使用此类约束装置，以维持这些改善。
