CDC COMMUNITY GUIDE: Use of Child Safety Seats: Incentive and Education Programs

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An Evidence-Based Practice

Description

Incentive and education programs reward parents for correctly using child safety seats or directly reward children for correctly using safety seats. These programs also include education that varies with regard to content, duration and intensity, and methods used.

The Community Preventive Services Task Force recommends interventions that use incentive and education programs based on strong evidence of their effectiveness in increasing safety seat use.

Results / Accomplishments

Results from the Systematic Reviews:
Four studies qualified for the systematic review.

• Baseline rates of safety seat use: 26 percentage points (interquartile interval: 11 to 48 percentage points; 4 studies)
• Observed child safety seat use (assessed between 1 and 4.5 months after programs were conducted): median increase of 9.9 percentage points (interquartile interval: 4.8 to 36 percentage points; 4 studies)
• Programs were started in day care centers and community-wide among a variety of target populations (children and parents, all socioeconomic groups, urban and rural populations, white and African-American populations) with similarly positive effects.

About this Promising Practice

Primary Contact
The Community Guide
1600 Clifton Rd, NE
MS E69
Atlanta, GA 30329
(404) 498-1827
communityguide@cdc.gov
https://www.thecommunityguide.org/
Topics
Health / Prevention & Safety
Community / Transportation
Health / Children's Health
Source
Community Guide Branch Epidemiology and Analysis Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Location
USA
For more details
https://www.thecommunityguide.org/findings/motor-v...
Target Audience
Children, Families

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  1. The program description includes at a minimum: the sponsoring organization, program goals, program implementation steps, and outcomes that have demonstrated program success in achieving the program goal in one or more localities.
  2. The results from an evaluation of the program include quantitative measures showing improvement in the outcome(s) of interest after the implementation of the program (i.e. increase in smoking cessation, not just the delivery of a smoking cessation program). The outcome measure(s) is/are compared at relevant time periods before and after the intervention or program implementation. Alternatively, the evaluation study compares the outcome(s) between an intervention group and an appropriate control group.
  3. The study is of peer-review quality and presents numbers in a scientific manner; measurements of precision and reliability are included (e.g. confidence intervals, standard errors), results from statistical tests show a significant difference or change in the outcome measure(s), and relevant point estimates and p-values are presented. Note: if the results from an evaluation of a program are presented in a scientific manner and the outcome measure is improved compared to the baseline measurement or the control group but the difference is not statistically significant, the practice is classified as effective and not evidence-based.