Research Article
A Brief Educational Intervention to Improve Healthcare Providers' Awareness of Child Passenger Safety
Table 2
Responses to child passenger safety questions before and after educational intervention: the ford see me safe child passenger safety education study.
| Questions | before intervention (%) | after intervention (%) | value* |
| What is the leading cause of death among children (4–14 years) in the USA? | Correct | 193 (89.4) | 210 (97.2) | 0.002 | Incorrect | 23 (10.6) | 6 (2.8) |
| What is the minimum age at which children can graduate from a rear-facing child safety seat to a forward-facing child safety seat? | Correct | 137 (63.4) | 210 (94.0) | <0.0001 | Incorrect | 79 (36.6) | 13 (6.0) |
| When should a child transition to a booster seat? | Correct | 147 (68.1) | 206 (95.4) | <0.0001 | Incorrect | 69 (31.9) | 10 (4.6) |
| At about what height are children generally ready to graduate from a booster seat to wearing only a lap-shoulder belt? | Correct | 60 (27.8) | 212 (98.1) | <0.0001 | Incorrect | 156 (72.2) | 4 (1.9) |
| Until what age are children safest riding in the back seat? | Correct | 33 (15.3) | 186 (86.1) | <0.0001 | Incorrect | 183 (84.7) | 30 (13.9) |
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McNemar’s chi square test.
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