About this resource:
Systematic Review
Source: The Guide to Community Preventive Services
Last Reviewed: June 1998
Workgroups: Injury and Violence Prevention Workgroup
The Community Preventive Services Task Force recommends community-wide information and enhanced enforcement campaigns to increase the use of child safety seats.
These interventions include:
- Mass media
- Information and publicity
- Public displays about safety seats
- Other strategies like checkpoints, dedicated law enforcement, or alternative penalties — such as warnings instead of citations
Objectives related to this resource (3)
Getting worse
Little or no detectable change
Target met or exceeded
Suggested Citation
1.
Guide to Community Preventive Services. (1998). Motor Vehicle Injury – Child Safety Seats: Community-Wide Information and Enhanced Enforcement Campaigns. Retrieved from https://www.thecommunityguide.org/findings/motor-vehicle-injury-child-safety-seats-community-wide-information-and-enhanced-enforcement
