Unintentional injury is a significant public health burden for American Indians and Alaska Natives and was the leading cause of death among those aged 1 to 44 years between 1999 and 2004. Of those deaths, motor vehicle-related deaths cause the most mortality, justifying the need for intervention at an American Indian Reservation in Arizona (United States). We describe motor vehicle injury preve...

OBJECTIVE To assess the effectiveness of a national one week media campaign promoting booster seat use. DESIGN Pre-test, post-test design based on nationally representative random digit dialing telephone survey, with control for exposure to campaign. SETTING Canada. SUBJECTS Parents of children aged 4-9 years. INTERVENTIONS During a one week campaign in May 2004, information on booster ...

trauma during pregnancy is remarkably common, motor vehicle crashes are cause of hospitalized trauma during pregnancy. trauma occurs in 5% of pregnancies that appropriate high proportion of maternal and fetal mortality. motor vehicle crashes, falls, assaults, including domestic violence, are all important mechanisms of injury. motor vehicle accidents account for more than 50% of all traumas dur...

4) The entire class of seat belt-related flexion-distraction injuries to the spine are commonly referred to as ‘Chance-type’ fractures. These fractures are caused by hyperflexion around a lap belt, with the belt acting as a fulcrum. This mechanism of hyperflexion and distraction would also explain the frequent association of intraabdominal injuries as viscera are crushed between the lap belt an...

Introduction: Traffic accidents are a common cause of traumatic brain injuries. Such injuries often associated with problematic behaviour i.e., violations the Safety Act. Driving under influence intoxicants and non-compliance traffic signals accidents, not wearing crash helmet or protective seat belt increase possibility developing injury. Objective: The aim this study is to examine prevalence ...

Seating systems are designed for occupant comfort as well as for affording occupant protection in various crash modes. FMVSS No. 207 specifies seat performance criteria, of which, one requires that a seat back withstand a minimum of 373 Nm moment measured about the seating reference point. The sufficiency of this requirement has been a source of significant debate. Some researchers believe that...

OBJECTIVE To assess the effect of a demerit points system, introduced in Italy in July 2003, on the prevalence of seat belt use (intermediate outcome) and the number of road traffic deaths and injuries (health outcomes). DESIGN Pre- and post-intervention regional observational study for seat belt investigation (April 2003, October 2004); national time-series analysis of road traffic deaths an...

Objective: To assess the effect of a demerit points system, introduced in Italy in July 2003, on the prevalence of seat belt use (intermediate outcome) and the number of road traffic deaths and injuries (health outcomes). Design: Preand post-intervention regional observational study for seat belt investigation (April 2003, October 2004); national time-series analysis of road traffic deaths and ...