2020 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report
Status of child restraint seat use and factors affecting non-use
| Project/Area Number |
17K01788
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| Research Institution | Aomori University of Health and Welfare |
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Principal Investigator |
小笠原 メリッサ 青森県立保健大学, 健康科学部, 講師 (60457736)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
千葉 敦子 青森県立保健大学, 健康科学部, 准教授 (30404817)
川内 規会 青森県立保健大学, 健康科学部, 教授 (30315535)
反町 吉秀 青森県立保健大学, 健康科学部, 教授 (80253144)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2017-04-01 – 2021-03-31
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| Keywords | child restraint seat / parent beahaviour / rear seat belt use / short distance travel |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
This study aimed to determine the prevalence of seat belt and CRS use and identify parent/guardian attitudes and behaviour associated with CRS non-use in Aomori prefecture. Driver (99.3％) and front passenger (98.9％) seat belt use rates are high; however, back seat belt use by adults is only 25.7%. CRS use rates on hghways (86.5%) and medium to long-distance (81.2%) travel were releatively high, whereas use on short-distance drives was much lower (69.5%). Results showed that parents who use seat belts in the back seat are much more likely to use a CRS even on short trips compared with parents who do not, and lower levels of perceived susceptibility to an accident, sustaining an injury and injury severity on a short trip negatively affects CRS use on short trips.
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Research Products
(3 results)
