A program to increase seat belt use along the Texas-Mexico border.

Publisher: American Public Health Association Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 1254074 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 0090-0036 (Print) Linking ISSN: 00900036 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Am J Public Health Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: Washington, DC : American Public Health Association
Original Publication: New York [etc.]

Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice*; Health Education/*organization & administration ; Health Promotion/*organization & administration ; Hispanic or Latino/*statistics & numerical data ; Seat Belts/*statistics & numerical data; Child ; Female ; Hispanic or Latino/psychology ; Humans ; Male ; Mexico ; Program Evaluation ; Social Marketing ; Student Health Services/organization & administration ; Students/psychology ; Students/statistics & numerical data ; Texas ; Time Factors

A school-based, bilingual intervention was developed to increase seat belt use among families living along the Texas-Mexico border. The intervention sought to increase seat belt use by changing perceived norms within the community (i.e., making the nonuse of seat belts less socially acceptable). The intervention was implemented in more than 110 classrooms and involved more than 2100 children. Blind coding, validity checks, and reliability estimates contributed to a rigorous program evaluation. Seat belt use increased by 10% among children riding in the front seat of motor vehicles in the intervention community, as compared with a small but nonsignificant decline in use among control community children. Seat belt use among drivers did not increase.

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Date Created: 20021128 Date Completed: 20021223 Latest Revision: 20211203

20231215

PMC3221488

10.2105/ajph.92.12.1918

12453809