부모자녀건강학회지 (Korean Parent-Child Health Journal)
- 제10권1호
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- Pages.77-90
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- 2007
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- 1229-263X(pISSN)
승용차 탑승 아동의 안전을 위한 차량 내 아동 보호장구에 관한 고찰
A Review of Child Safety Seats for Promoting Children's Traffic Safety
- Lee, Ja-Hyung (Division of Nursing Science, Ewha Womans University) ;
- Kim, Ji-Hyun (Department of Nursing Science, Ewha Womans University)
- 발행 : 2007.06.30
초록
Purpose: Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death among children younger than 14 years old. The purposes of this study were to 1) provide a basic overview of child safety seats, 2) review car seat safety usage and misuse, 3) suggest interventions to motivate the usage of child safety seats. Method: The design was a descriptive study with literature review. Previous studies were searched of PUBMED, ProQuest and KERIS. Result: Child safety seats and automobile safety belts protect children in a crash if they are used correctly, but if a child does not fit in the restraint correctly, it can lead to injury. A child safety seat should be used until the child correctly fits into an adult seat belt. Conclusion: To improve child passenger's safety, educational, legislational and environmental enforcements are needed: educational interventions to promote use of child safety seats, strengtened legislation to mandate use of child safety seats, establishment of public acquirements.