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. 2016 Sep-Oct;24(5):275-278.
doi: 10.1590/1413-785220162405140570.

TRANSPORTING CHILDREN IN CARS AND THE USE OF CHILD SAFETY RESTRAINT SYSTEMS

Allan Quadros Garcês  1 , Igor Bonifacio Andrade Coimbra  1 , Diego Salvador Muniz DA Silva  1
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TRANSPORTING CHILDREN IN CARS AND THE USE OF CHILD SAFETY RESTRAINT SYSTEMS

Allan Quadros Garcês et al. Acta Ortop Bras. 2016 Sep-Oct.

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the transport of children in automobiles and the use of child restraints systems (CRS).

Methods: This is a transversal descriptive study which included 200 vehicle drivers who carried 0-10 year old children in the city of São Luis, MA, Brazil. The drivers' passengers' and children's features were properly identified. The children's transportation using CRS were analyzed according to the Resolution 277/8 of the Brazilian National Traffic Department.

Results: The transportation of children was classified as inappropriate in 70.5% of the vehicles analyzed. The most common way for children transportation was free on the back seats (47%) or on the lap of passengers/drivers (17%). The main reasons to justify the improper transportation were either not understanding the importance of CRS use (64.5%) or not having financial resources to buy the devices. The child safety seat was the most used CRS (50.8 %) among vehicles with proper child transportation system.

Conclusion: The transportation of children was inappropriate in most of the vehicles analyzed, reflecting the need for creating awareness among automobile drivers, including education, supervision and improvement of policies for health improvement and prevention of accidents involving children transportation. Level of Evidence III, Cross Sectional Study.

Keywords: Accidents; traffic. Child. Child restraint systems. Seat belts. Accident prevention..

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Conflict of interest statement

All the authors declare that there is no potential conflict of interest referring to this article.

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Figure 1. Analysis of children transportation in vehicles.
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