The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
4041.0: Tuesday, November 12, 2002: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM | |||
Oral | |||
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Motor vehicle crashes represent an enormous injury burden in the United States. This session will focus on the risks of injury to children in motor vehicle crashes and will focus on factors in the pre-crash and post-crash phase. Intervention strategies and a cost-effective study are also presented. | |||
Learning Objectives: 1. to learn about multi-disciplinary effort to improve the safety of children in motor vehicles | |||
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
Cathy Gotschall | |||
Are child safety seat distribution and misuse reduction programs sound investments? Ted R. Miller, PhD, Eduard Zaloshnja, PhD, Monique A. Sheppard, PhD | |||
Research to Action: Using Crash-Based Data to Advocate for Appropriate Child Occupant Restraint Shannon D. Morris, Rebecca A. Cornejo, MHS, Dennis R. Durbin, MD, MSCE, Flaura K. Winston, MD, PhD | |||
Responsibility of children for their seating position in vehicles Dennis R. Durbin, MD, MSCE, Irene Chen, PhD, Rebecca Cornejo, MHS, Edith M. Simpson, RN, PhD, Flaura K. Winston, MD, PhD | |||
Healthcare utilization by child occupants in motor vehicle crashes Flaura K. Winston, MD, PhD, Edith M. Simpson, RN, PhD, Michael Elliott, PhD, George A. Woodward, MD, MBA, Dennis R. Durbin, MD, MSCE | |||
Organized by: | Injury Control and Emergency Health Services | ||
Endorsed by: | Chiropractic Health Care; Community Health Planning and Policy Development; School Health Education and Services; Socialist Caucus | ||
CE Credits: | CME, Chiropractic, Environmental Health, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work |