title: Implementing a comprehensive child restraint program in a pediatric hospital: an effective model.
abstract: Motor vehicle crashes remain a leading cause of death and injury to young children. Appropriate child safety seats and child safety restraints can provide life-saving protection to children riding in motor vehicles. Many children, however, travel unrestrained or improperly restrained. Consideration of appropriate child safety restraint systems for children is an important aspect of discharge planning and can provide families with the means to prevent unintentional injuries and deaths resulting from motor vehicle crashes.
authors.affiliation: Automotive Safety for Children Program, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Talty
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sheese
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gunn
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stone
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chappelow
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wyatt
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cox
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bull
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000451:nursing; D006284:Health Plan Implementation; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D015370:Infant Equipment; D020380:Needs Assessment; D024802:Nurse's Role; D012307:Risk Factors; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control