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Contents

Introduction

Promoting Booster Seat Use

Know the Facts About Booster Seats

Learn From Others — Challenges and Lessons Learned

Reach Out to All Populations

State and National Resources

Additional Reading

Appendix A

Appendix B

Exhibits (Booster Seat Demonstration Projects)
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    		•  Booster Seat Promotion Program, Nassau County, New York
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    		•  "Give Kids a Boost" Campaign, Phoenix, Arizona
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    		•  Booster Seat Education Program—"Alex Gets a Boost Before Blast Off," Houston, Texas
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    		•  Protecting Older Child Passengers—Rural, Bismarck, North Dakota
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    		•  Promoting the Use of Booster Seats Among Young Families in King County, Washington


    Additional Reading

    Arbogast KB, Durbin DR, Kallan MJ, et al. (2002). The role of restraint and seat position in pediatric facial fractures. J Trauma 52(4):693-8.

    Berns SD, Vaca F. (2001). Commentary: We need to give children a boost before we buckle them. Ann Emerg Med 37(4):407-10.

    Block A. (2000). 1998 motor vehicle occupant safety survey, volume 3: Child safety seat report. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

    Boyle J, Sharp K. (2000). 1998 motor vehicle occupant safety survey, volume 1: Methodology report. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

    Chang BA, Ebel BE, Rivara FP. (2002). Child passenger safety: Potential impact of the Washington State booster seat law on childcare centers [in-process citation], Inj Prev 8(4):284-8.

    Cody BE, Mickalide AD, Paul HP, Colella JM. (2002). Child passengers at risk in America: A national study of car seat misuse. Washington, DC: National SAFE KIDS Campaign.

    Decina, LE, Knoebel KY. (1996). Patterns of misuse of child safety seats. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

    Durbin DR, Arbogast KB, Moll EK. (2001). Seat belt syndrome in children: A case report and review of the literature. Pediatr Emerg Care 17(6):474-7. Review.

    Durbin DR, Kallan MJ, Winston FK. (2001). Trends in booster seat use among young children in crashes. Pediatrics (United States) 108(6):E109.

    Ebel BE, Koepsell TD, Bennett EE, et al. (2003). Too small for a seatbelt: Predictors of booster seat use by child passengers. Pediatrics 111(4 Pt 1):323-7.

    Ebel BE, Koepsell TD, Bennett EE, et al. (2003). Use of child booster seats in motor vehicles following a community campaign: A controlled trial. JAMA 289(7):879-84.

    Hall J. (2000). Opening remarks. National Transportation Safety Board Conference: A call to action: Protecting 4- to 8-year-old children in vehicles with lap-only belts. Washington, DC: National Transportation Safety Board, December 7, 2000. (18 Jan 2001).

    Howard AW. (2002). Automobile restraints for children: A review for clinicians. CMAJ 167(7):769-73.

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    Kunkel NC, Nelson DS, Schunk JE. (2001). Do parents choose appropriate automotive restraint devices for their children? Clin Pediatr 40(1):35-40.

    Miller T, Zaloshnja E, Sheppard M. (2002). Are booster seats needed: Comparing occupant outcomes ages 4-7 versus 8-13. Annu Proc Assoc Adv Automot Med 46:249-59.

    Morris SD. (2001). Misuse of booster seats. Inj Prev 7(3):254.

    Morris SD, Arbogast KB, Durbin DR, Winston FK. (2000). Misuse of booster seats. Inj Prev 2000(6):281-4.

    Partners for Child Passenger Safety. (2000). Partners for child passenger safety: Interim report 2000. Philadelphia, PA: The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

    Ramsey A, Simpson E, Rivara FP. (2000). Booster seat use and reasons for nonuse. Pediatrics 106(2):e20. www.pediatrics.org/cgi/content/full/106/2/e20 (17 Jan 2001).

    Rivara FP, Bennett E, Crispin B, et al. (2001). Booster seats for child passengers: Lessons for increasing their use. Inj Prev 7(3):210-13.

    Saczalski KJ, Sances A, Kumaresan S, et al. (2003). Experimental injury study of children seated behind collapsing front seats in rear impacts [in-process citation]. Biomed Sci Instrum 39:259-65.

    Sherwood CP, Shaw CG, van Rooij L, et al. (2002). Prediction of cervical spine injury risk for the 6-year-old child in frontal crashes. Annu Proc Assoc Adv Automot Med 46:231-47.

    Simpson EM, Moll EK, Kassam-Adams N, et al. (2002). Barriers to booster seat use and strategies to increase their use. Pediatrics 110(4):729-36.

    Stepanski BM, Ray LU, Nichols L. (2001). Booster seats: A community based study of installation and use by parents and caregivers. Ann Proc Assoc Adv Automot Med 45:37-48.

    Weber K. (2000). Crash protection for child passengers: A review of best practice. UMTRI Res Rev 31(3):1-28.

    Winston FK, Durbin DR. (1999). Buckle Up! is not enough: Enhancing protection of the restrained child. JAMA 281(22):2070-2.

    Winston FK, Durbin DR. (2000). When ”Buckle Up“ is not enough: Enhancing the safety of children in motor vehicles. LDI Issue Brief 5(9):4 pages.

    Winston FK, Durbin DR, Kallan MJ, Moll EK. (2000). The danger of premature graduation to seat belts for young children. Pediatrics 105(6):1179-83.

    Winston FK, Moll EK, Durbin DR, Kassam-Adams N. (In submission). The premature graduation of children from child restraints to vehicle safety belts.

    Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Contract No. DTNH2298-R-05142.

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