title: Brief report: Increasing children's safe pedestrian behaviors through simple skills training.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Hundreds of American children are killed and thousands more injured annually as pedestrians. Simple and effective interventions targeting behavioral changes in children are needed.
  
  
  METHODS
  The present study tested a simple, skill-based training method for increasing safe pedestrian behaviors. Eighty-five children ages 5-8 participated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Children behaved more safely following training, indicating very brief training can produce at least short-term improvements in pedestrian behaviors.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results are discussed with regard to the involvement of parents in the practical application of a simple training procedure and future directions for pedestrian interventions.
authors.affiliation: University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA. bbarton@uoguelph.ca
authors.forename: Benjamin K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Barton
authors.forename: David C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Schwebel
authors.forename: Barbara A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Morrongiello
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000517:prevention & control*; D001288:Attention; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012449:Safety; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D016138:Walking; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control*