[Study on the use of safety measures for children in automobiles].
OBJECTIVE
To know the use of security measures in motor vehicles for under-6 children, in the town of Cervera (Lleida, Spain).


METHODS
Study based on observation, transverse, through a public-opinion poll, to a representative sample of young children (0 to 6).


METHODS
Primary health care.


METHODS
251 children from 0 to 6 years old, from a whole of 504, through the method of simple fortuitous sampling, from whom, 185 answered.


METHODS
Interview with the parents. MEASURING AND RESULTS: It was used a Data base and the results were analysed through a statistical technics, in a PC computer (IBM).


CONCLUSIONS
There is a frequent use of the motor vehicles from very tender years: 61.9% of children do not use any security measures when they travel, and from children that use them, there is a 46.9% that use the child safety seats, in a bad way.
Marqués
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Centro de Atención Primaria de Cervera, Institut Català de la Salut, Barcelona.
Duch
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Ponsoda
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Ribera
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Villalbí
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JR
D000367:Age Factors; D001336:Automobiles; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004869:Equipment Safety; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011482:Protective Devices; D012622:Seat Belts
Estudio sobre el uso de medidas de seguridad para niños en automóvil.