@article{ref1,
title="Factors associated with child restraint use in motor vehicle crashes",
journal="Clinical pediatrics",
year="2018",
author="Privette, Franklin and Nwosu, Ann and Pope, Caitlin N. and Yang, Jingzhen and Pressley, Joyce C. and Zhu, Motao",
volume="57",
number="12",
pages="1423-1431",
abstract="Motor vehicle crashes (MVCs) are a leading cause of death among children. Multivariable analyses of age-appropriate child restraint system (CRS) use in the &quot;booster-aged&quot; population are needed. The current study identified factors associated with age-appropriate CRS use in fatal MVCs for children 4 to 7 years old, using 2011 to 2015 data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System. Of 929 MVC fatalities, 32% of fatally injured children were in an age-appropriate restraint. While age-appropriate CRS use was higher for 4-, 5-, and 6-year-olds relative to 7-year-olds (adjusted relative risk [aRR] = 2.57, 2.51, and 2.18, respectively; p <.01 for each comparison), black children (aRR = 0.62; p <.01) relative to white children, and drivers who had not used a lap-shoulder belt (aRR = 0.40; p <.01) relative to belted drivers were associated with lower levels of age-appropriate CRS use. Our findings underscore the continued importance of communicating best practice guidelines on CRSs to caregivers of young children.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0009-9228",
doi="10.1177/0009922818786002",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0009922818786002"
}