TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Transporting children in cars and the use of child safety restraint systems
JO  - Acta ortopédica Brasileira
A1  - Garcês, Allan Quadros
A1  - Coimbra, Igor Bonifacio Andrade
A1  - Silva, Diego Salvador Muniz DA
SP  - 275
EP  - 278
VL  - 24
IS  - 5
N2  - OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the transport of children in automobiles and the use of child restraints systems (CRS). <br><br>METHODS: This is a transversal descriptive study which included 200 vehicle drivers who carried 0-10 year old children in the city of São Luis, MA, Brazil. The drivers' passengers' and children's features were properly identified. The children's transportation using CRS were analyzed according to the Resolution 277/8 of the Brazilian National Traffic Department. <br><br>RESULTS: The transportation of children was classified as inappropriate in 70.5% of the vehicles analyzed. The most common way for children transportation was free on the back seats (47%) or on the lap of passengers/drivers (17%). The main reasons to justify the improper transportation were either not understanding the importance of CRS use (64.5%) or not having financial resources to buy the devices. The child safety seat was the most used CRS (50.8 %) among vehicles with proper child transportation system. <br><br>CONCLUSION: The transportation of children was inappropriate in most of the vehicles analyzed, reflecting the need for creating awareness among automobile drivers, including education, supervision and improvement of policies for health improvement and prevention of accidents involving children transportation. Level of Evidence III, Cross Sectional Study.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1413-7852
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1413-785220162405140570
ID  - ref1
ER  -