A university-based incentive program to increase safety belt use: Toward cost-effective institutionalization

The Midfield High School Safety Belt Incentive Program.

Motor vehicle accidents constitute the leading cause of death among children and youth ages 15-24. The Year 2000 Health Objectives for the Nation call for reduction in fatalities in this population through increasing occupant restraint measures. This article provides an overview of how one school district developed a school and community safety belt incentive program to increase safety belt use...

A statewide intervention to increase safety belt use: adding to the impact of a belt use law.

Toward cost-effective solar energy use.

At present, solar energy conversion technologies face cost and scalability hurdles in the technologies required for a complete energy system. To provide a truly widespread primary energy source, solar energy must be captured, converted, and stored in a cost-effective fashion. New developments in nanotechnology, biotechnology, and the materials and physical sciences may enable step-change approa...

Hospital-Based Program to Increase Child Safety Restraint Use among Birthing Mothers in China

OBJECTIVE To evaluate a hospital-based educational program to increase child safety restraint knowledge and use among birthing mothers. METHODS A prospective experimental and control study was performed in the Obstetrics department of hospitals. A total of 216 new birthing mothers from two hospitals (114 from intervention hospital and 102 from comparison hospital) were recruited and enrolled ...

Brief motivational intervention to increase self-reported safety belt use among emergency department patients.

OBJECTIVES Brief motivational interventions have shown promise in reducing harmful behaviors. The authors tested an intervention to increase safety belt use (SBU) among emergency department (ED) patients. METHODS From February 2006 to May 2006, the authors conducted a randomized trial of adult ED patients at a teaching hospital in Boston. ED patients were systematically sampled for self-repor...