title: Challenges in the Accurate Surveillance of Booster Seat and Bicycle Helmet Usage by Children: Lessons from the Field.
abstract: Motor vehicle collisions and bicycle collisions and falls are a leading cause of death by preventable injury for children. In order to design, implement and evaluate campaigns and programs aimed at improving child safety, accurate surveillance is needed. This paper examined the challenges that confront efforts to collect surveillance data relevant to child traffic safety, including observation, interview, and focus group methods. Strategies to address key challenges in order to improve the efficiency and accuracy of surveillance methods were recommended. The potential for new technology to enhance existing surveillance methods was also explored.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB R3B 2E9, Canada. c.pankratz@uwinnipeg.ca.
authors.forename: Curt
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pankratz
authors.affiliation: Injury Prevention and Child Public Health Program, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, Winnipeg, MB R3A 1S1, Canada. lwarda@exchange.hsc.mb.ca.|Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3A 1S1, Canada. lwarda@exchange.hsc.mb.ca.
authors.forename: Lynne
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Warda
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada. caroline.piotrowski@umanitoba.ca.
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Piotrowski
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D001642:Bicycling / Q000293:injuries; D002648:Child; D057207:Child Restraint Systems / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017144:Focus Groups; D006260:Head Protective Devices / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans
keywords: bicycle helmets; booster seats; child safety; data collection; surveillance; traffic injuries