@article{ref1,
title="Barriers to wearing bicycle safety helmets in The Netherlands",
journal="Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine",
year="1995",
author="Seijts, G. H. and Kok, Gerjo and Bouter, Lex M. and Klip, H. A.",
volume="149",
number="2",
pages="174-180",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To explore behavioral factors that determine whether children (aged 7 to 13 years) wear bicycle safety helmets. DESIGN: Cross-sectional survey. SETTING: Three Dutch primary schools in Breda, Maastricht, and Terneuzen, the Netherlands. PARTICIPANTS: Two hundred fifty-nine children aged 7 to 13 years. INTERVENTION: Wearing a bicycle safety helmet for 6 consecutive weeks. RESULTS: Information about experiences with the bicycle safety helmet was gathered via questionnaires. Wearing a bicycle safety helmet was described as inconvenient, time-consuming, and uncomfortable. Children also perceived negative reactions from their social environment. CONCLUSIONS: Planned health promotion activities will be essential for the introduction of bicycle safety helmets to be successful. These activities should focus particularly on developing a comfortable bicycle safety helmet, creating facilities to store bicycle safety helmets, and changing negative social norms regarding wearing a bicycle safety helmet.",
language="",
issn="1072-4710",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}