TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1995//
TI  - Barriers to wearing bicycle safety helmets in The Netherlands
JO  - Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine
A1  - Seijts, G. H.
A1  - Kok, Gerjo
A1  - Bouter, Lex M.
A1  - Klip, H. A.
SP  - 174
EP  - 180
VL  - 149
IS  - 2
N2  - 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.
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SN  - 1072-4710
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -