Citation

Merali HS, Bachani AM. Int. J. Inj. Control Safe. Promot. 2018; 25(2): 134-140.

Affiliation

Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit , Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health , Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore , MD , USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/17457300.2017.1345948

PMID

28689461

Abstract

This study examines factors associated with child passenger helmet use in five Cambodian provinces. We performed an analysis of periodic roadside observations of helmet use over a four-year period. A total of 62,039 child passengers 12 years of age and younger met inclusion criteria and were included in the analysis. Overall, 1369 (2.1%) of child passengers were observed to be wearing a helmet. Most significantly, children were six times more likely to wear a helmet if the driver was wearing a helmet (OR 6.2; 95% CI 5.1-7.5). In addition, the odds of helmet use were noted to be significantly different depending on province, day of the week, time of day and number of passengers on the motorcycle. This study highlights the extremely low rate of child passenger helmet use in Cambodia, and provides priorities for interventions and enforcement to ensure all children are protected from head injury.

Language: en

Keywords

Cambodia; helmet wearing; motorcycle; paediatric; passenger; road safety