Khalid A Abalkhail, Mohammed Aldabeis, Laila Alghamdi, Rayan Almutairi, Saud Alhindi
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This study aimed to assess parents' attitudes and awareness regarding the use of CRS, including their perceived benefits and barriers.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This cross-sectional study was conducted among parents in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with children from birth to 12 years old. A self-administered questionnaire was distributed among the targeted parents using an online survey. Of the 468 parents, 50.4% were male and 32.7% were between 26 and 35 years old. The questionnaire includes sociodemographic characteristics, a questionnaire to assess parents' practices on using CRS, and a 5-item questionnaire to assess parents' attitudes toward the CRS.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Only 34.8% of parents reported having a CRS. The most common barriers to CRS usage were financial constraints and lack of conviction about their importance. Approximately 46.2% of respondents exhibited a positive attitude toward using CRS. The most significant predictors of positive attitudes were higher educational attainment and having a CRS available in the vehicle.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Parents in Riyadh demonstrated a generally favorable attitude toward the use of CRS. However, those with lower education levels and without access to a CRS in their vehicle were more likely to have negative attitudes. Promoting positive attitudes toward CRS may enhance child safety during travel. 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Attitude of parents on the use of car seats for their children in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Objectives: Road traffic accidents (RTAs) are the leading cause of death among children globally. According to motor vehicle collision reports from the Saudi Ministry of Health, 3,202 children younger than 18 years were involved in RTAs in 2020, resulting in 587 fatalities. Moreover, the World Health Organization reports that the use of child restraint systems (CRS) can reduce infant deaths by up to 71% globally. This highlights that a major factor influencing the outcome of an RTA is the use of CRS. This study aimed to assess parents' attitudes and awareness regarding the use of CRS, including their perceived benefits and barriers.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among parents in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with children from birth to 12 years old. A self-administered questionnaire was distributed among the targeted parents using an online survey. Of the 468 parents, 50.4% were male and 32.7% were between 26 and 35 years old. The questionnaire includes sociodemographic characteristics, a questionnaire to assess parents' practices on using CRS, and a 5-item questionnaire to assess parents' attitudes toward the CRS.
Results: Only 34.8% of parents reported having a CRS. The most common barriers to CRS usage were financial constraints and lack of conviction about their importance. Approximately 46.2% of respondents exhibited a positive attitude toward using CRS. The most significant predictors of positive attitudes were higher educational attainment and having a CRS available in the vehicle.
Conclusions: Parents in Riyadh demonstrated a generally favorable attitude toward the use of CRS. However, those with lower education levels and without access to a CRS in their vehicle were more likely to have negative attitudes. Promoting positive attitudes toward CRS may enhance child safety during travel. Therefore, targeted educational campaigns are essential to raise awareness and encourage consistent use of CRS among parents in the region.
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The purpose of Traffic Injury Prevention is to bridge the disciplines of medicine, engineering, public health and traffic safety in order to foster the science of traffic injury prevention. The archival journal focuses on research, interventions and evaluations within the areas of traffic safety, crash causation, injury prevention and treatment.
General topics within the journal''s scope are driver behavior, road infrastructure, emerging crash avoidance technologies, crash and injury epidemiology, alcohol and drugs, impact injury biomechanics, vehicle crashworthiness, occupant restraints, pedestrian safety, evaluation of interventions, economic consequences and emergency and clinical care with specific application to traffic injury prevention. The journal includes full length papers, review articles, case studies, brief technical notes and commentaries.
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