Child Passenger Safety in the Somali Communities of Columbus, Ohio.
Children (particularly low-income minorities and refugees) are at high risk for serious injury or death from motor vehicle crashes. Interpreter-assisted data collection included key informant interviews, focus groups and face-to-face surveys with the Somali community of Columbus, Ohio about child passenger safety. Measurements included prevalence of child safety seats use, awareness and knowledge of and barriers to proper use in order to inform development, implementation, and initial evaluation of a culturally-appropriate intervention for Somali families. Somali parents regarded child passenger safety as an important topic, but many reported improper restraint behaviors of one or more children and/or did not have an adequate number of child safety seats. Few parents reported having child safety seats installed by a professional technician. Child passenger safety practices in the Somali communities of Columbus are a public health concern that should be addressed with culturally-appropriate interventions.
Center for Injury Research and Policy, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA. lara.mckenzie@nationwidechildrens.org.|Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA. lara.mckenzie@nationwidechildrens.org.|Division of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA. lara.mckenzie@nationwidechildrens.org.
Lara B
LB
McKenzie
Center for Injury Research and Policy, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA.
Erica
E
Fowler
Center for Injury Research and Policy, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA.
Kristin J
KJ
Roberts
Center for Injury Research and Policy, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA.
Roxanne M
RM
Kaercher
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D057207:Child Restraint Systems / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009820:Ohio; D012998:Somalia / Q000208:ethnology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
Child passenger safety; Immigrant; Refugee; Somali