title: Seat-belt use by trauma center employees before and after a safety campaign.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine whether employees of a regional trauma center wore seat belts any more often than did visitors to the medical center and residents of the state. To demonstrate whether an intensive safety campaign would improve seat-belt compliance among trauma center employees. To determine the duration of improvement.
  
  
  METHODS
  Hospital employees and visitors were observed as they exited the medical center's parking ramps over a 3-month period.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After a hospital-wide seat-belt campaign, employee compliance rose by 7.5%, to 81.5% at 14 days, but fell back to preintervention levels at one month (76.7%) and 3 months (77%) after the intervention.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  An intensive seat-belt safety campaign resulted in only modest and transient improvement in the rate of seat-belt use.
authors.affiliation: Research and Education, Health East Care System, St Paul, MN 55104-3727, USA. kschelte@mninter.net
authors.forename: Karen E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Scheltema
authors.forename: Susan M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Brost
authors.forename: Geraldine A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Skager
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Roberts
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001519:Behavior; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008910:Minnesota; D010564:Personnel, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010565:Persuasive Communication; D012449:Safety; D012622:Seat Belts / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014193:Trauma Centers; D000078329:Workforce