TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1986//
TI  - Hospitals' response to the buckle-up baby legislation in Ontario
JO  - CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal
A1  - Lawee, D.
A1  - Stoughton, W. V.
SP  - 1131
EP  - 1136
VL  - 135
IS  - 10
N2  - Drivers in Ontario are legally responsible to ensure that infants and toddlers are restrained in a child safety seat or by a lap belt. In 1982 the minister of health sent a memorandum to all medical officers of health and the administrators and medical directors of all public hospitals in Ontario, urging them to encourage and assist parents in protecting their newborn children with safety seats. In 1983 the Toronto General Hospital established the Cooperative Hospital Infant Restraint Program (CHIRP) to study the feasibility of a "loaner" program for hospitals in metropolitan Toronto. The authors describe CHIRP and its objectives. They also report the results of a questionnaire they sent in 1984 to all Ontario hospitals that had a newborn or pediatric service to assess their response to the minister's memorandum.
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SN  - 0820-3946
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -