TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Video intervention changes parent perception of all-terrain vehicle (ATV) safety for children
JO  - Injury prevention
A1  - House, Taylor
A1  - Schwebel, David C.
A1  - Mullins, Samantha H.
A1  - Sutton, Andrea J.
A1  - Swearingen, Christopher J.
A1  - Bai, Shasha
A1  - Aitken, Mary E.
SP  - 328
EP  - 333
VL  - 22
IS  - 5
N2  - BACKGROUND: Children aged <16 years account for 25% of deaths on all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), despite public health and industry warning against paediatric use. Parents often underestimate instability and other risks associated with ATVs. <br><br>OBJECTIVE: To determine if a brief intervention consisting of validated computer simulations of ATV performance with a child driver changes attitudes, beliefs and planned safety behaviours of parents of children who ride ATVs. DESIGN/METHODS: Participants were parents of children presenting to a children's hospital emergency department. All participants had children who had ridden an ATV in the past year. Subjects viewed a video simulation of ATVs in scenarios featuring 6-year-old and 10-year-old biofidelic anthropomorphic test devices. Parents completed a survey both before and after viewing the video to report attitudes/beliefs on ATV safety for children, use of safety equipment and family ATV use, as well as risk and safety perception. <br><br>RESULTS: Surveys were collected from 99 parents, mostly mothers (79%), Caucasian (61%) and had high school education or less (64%). The intervention shifted parents' belief in overall ATV safety (48% unsafe pre-intervention, 73% unsafe post-intervention, p<0.001). After viewing the video simulation, parents were almost six times more likely to perceive ATVs as unsafe (OR 5.96, 95% CI 2.32 to 15.31, p<0.001) and many parents (71%) planned to change family ATV safety rules. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Video simulations of ATV performance with child riders changed short-term risk perception and planned safety behaviours of parents whose children ride ATVs. Similar educational interventions hold promise for larger-scale studies in at-risk populations.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1353-8047
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2015-041880
ID  - ref1
ER  -