title: Keeping our children safe in motor vehicles: knowledge, attitudes and practice among parents in Kuwait regarding child car safety.
abstract: Child safety restraints can reduce risk of death and decrease injury severity from road traffic crashes; however, knowledge about restraints and their use in Kuwait is limited. A cross-sectional, self-administered survey about child car safety was used among a convenience sample of parents of children aged 18 years or younger at five Kuwaiti university campuses. Of 552 respondents, over 44% have seated a child in the front seat and 41.5% have seated a child in their lap while driving. Few parents are aware of and fewer report using the appropriate child restraint; e.g., 36% of parents of infants recognised an infant seat and 26% reported using one. Over 70% reported wearing seat belts either "all of the time" (33%) or "most of the time" (41%). This new information about parents' knowledge and practice regarding child car seat use in Kuwait can inform interventions to prevent child occupant injury and death.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Community and Family Medicine , Duke University , Durham , USA.
authors.forename: Sudha R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Raman
authors.forename: Michel D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Landry
authors.forename: C Andrea
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Ottensmeyer
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jacob
authors.forename: Elham
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hamdan
authors.forename: Manal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bouhaimed
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001334:Automobile Driving; D001336:Automobiles; D002648:Child; D057207:Child Restraint Systems / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007730:Kuwait; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D012449:Safety; D012622:Seat Belts / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult