title: [Promoting airbags:Evaluation of a public health intervention aimed at federal election candidates].
abstract: During the 1988 federal election campaign, the Directors of Community Health Departments throughout Québec met with the candidates of the three national political parties. The objectives of this intervention were to inform the candidates on the importance of regulating the installation of airbags in motor vehicles and to elicit from them a commitment to take initiatives in that direction once elected into office. This report assesses the effect of this intervention on the candidates of the Québec City region. After the intervention, two-thirds of candidates had developed a strongly favourable opinion of airbags. A majority, including 11 of the 13 Conservatives who were elected, committed themselves in writing to lobby in support of airbags. Despite this commitment, these Members of Parliament made little progress during the year following the election.
authors.affiliation: Département de santé communautaire, Hôpital de l'Enfant-Jésus, Charlesbourg, Québec.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Morin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chapdelaine
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schaefer
mesh_terms: D001336:Automobiles / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D011057:Politics; D011482:Protective Devices / Q000592:standards*; D011634:Public Health / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011792:Quebec; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control
vernacular_title: La promotion du coussin gonflable: Evaluation d'une intervention de santé publique auprès de candidats aux élections fédérales