@article{ref1,
title="Keeping our children safe in motor vehicles: knowledge, attitudes and practice among parents in Kuwait regarding child car safety",
journal="International journal of injury control and safety promotion",
year="2013",
author="Raman, Sudha R. and Landry, Michel D. and Ottensmeyer, C. Andrea and Jacob, Susan and Hamdan, Elham and Bouhaimed, Manal",
volume="20",
number="4",
pages="358-367",
abstract="Child safety restraints can reduce risk of death and decrease injury severity from road traffic crashes; however, knowledge about restraints and their use in Kuwait is limited. A cross-sectional, self-administered survey about child car safety was used among a convenience sample of parents of children aged 18 years or younger at five Kuwaiti university campuses. Of 552 respondents, over 44% have seated a child in the front seat and 41.5% have seated a child in their lap while driving. Few parents are aware of and fewer report using the appropriate child restraint; e.g., 36% of parents of infants recognised an infant seat and 26% reported using one. Over 70% reported wearing seat belts either &quot;all of the time&quot; (33%) or &quot;most of the time&quot; (41%). This new information about parents' knowledge and practice regarding child car seat use in Kuwait can inform interventions to prevent child occupant injury and death.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1745-7300",
doi="10.1080/17457300.2012.745578",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17457300.2012.745578"
}