title: The Seattle children's bicycle helmet campaign: changes in helmet use and head injury admissions.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the impact of a community bicycle helmet campaign on helmet use and the incidence of bicycle-related head injuries.
  
  
  METHODS
  Metropolitan community and a large health maintenance organization.
  
  
  METHODS
  Communitywide bicycle helmet campaign.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Rate of observed bicycle helmet use in the community and incidence of bicycle-related injuries in an health maintenance organization population.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Helmet use among school-aged children increased from 5.5% in 1987 to 40.2% in 1992. Bicycle-related head injuries decreased by 66.6% in 5- to 9-year-old and 67.6% in 10- to 14-year-old members of an health maintenance organization.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Educational campaigns can increase helmet use and decrease the incidence of bicycle-related head injury.
authors.affiliation: Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, Seattle, WA 98104.
authors.forename: F P
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Rivara
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: L W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Alexander
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Felix
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Bergman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001642:Bicycling / Q000293:injuries*; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D006260:Head Protective Devices / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006266:Health Education; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010343:Patient Admission; D014861:Washington / Q000453:epidemiology