Bicycle helmet use among schoolchildren--the influence of parental involvement and children's attitudes Export

@article{citeulike:346877, abstract = {Objective--To study attitudes towards and use of bicycle helmets among schoolchildren; to determine whether these attitudes are associated with the involvement of parents and school in bike safety. Settings--Nine intermediate level schools and five upper level schools in two Swedish municipalities. Method--A survey with 1485 participants aimed at pupils aged 12-15 years conducted during late spring 1997. Associations between parent and school involvement and children's attitudes and helmet use were studied using LisRel analyses. Result--At some point during their school years, a majority of the children stopped wearing bicycle helmets. Of 12-13 year olds, 80\% said that they had used helmets when they were younger but at the time of the study, only 3\% aged 14-15 years used helmets. Use decreased significantly during school years (p<0.001). The majority stated they quit using helmets because they were ugly, silly, uncomfortable, or inconvenient. There was a strong association between parental involvement, children's attitudes, and helmet use. However, parent involvement decreased as the children grew older. Conclusion--To increase the voluntary use of bicycle helmets among schoolchildren their attitudes must be influenced. An intervention aimed at both parents and children may be required.}, author = {Berg, P. and Westerling, R.}, citeulike-article-id = {346877}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://ip.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/reprint/7/3/218}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://ip.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/7/3/218}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11565988}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=11565988}, day = {1}, journal = {Inj Prev}, keywords = {attitude, children}, month = {September}, number = {3}, pages = {218--222}, posted-at = {2008-01-20 19:06:20}, priority = {2}, title = {Bicycle helmet use among schoolchildren--the influence of parental involvement and children's attitudes}, url = {http://ip.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/reprint/7/3/218}, volume = {7}, year = {2001} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:346877 L3 - citeulike-article-id:346877 N2 - Objective--To study attitudes towards and use of bicycle helmets among schoolchildren; to determine whether these attitudes are associated with the involvement of parents and school in bike safety. Settings--Nine intermediate level schools and five upper level schools in two Swedish municipalities. Method--A survey with 1485 participants aimed at pupils aged 12-15 years conducted during late spring 1997. Associations between parent and school involvement and children's attitudes and helmet use were studied using LisRel analyses. Result--At some point during their school years, a majority of the children stopped wearing bicycle helmets. Of 12-13 year olds, 80% said that they had used helmets when they were younger but at the time of the study, only 3% aged 14-15 years used helmets. Use decreased significantly during school years (p<0.001). The majority stated they quit using helmets because they were ugly, silly, uncomfortable, or inconvenient. There was a strong association between parental involvement, children's attitudes, and helmet use. However, parent involvement decreased as the children grew older. Conclusion--To increase the voluntary use of bicycle helmets among schoolchildren their attitudes must be influenced. An intervention aimed at both parents and children may be required. IS - 3 JF - Inj Prev EP - 222 TI - Bicycle helmet use among schoolchildren--the influence of parental involvement and children's attitudes VL - 7 SP - 218 KW - attitude KW - children AU - Berg, P AU - Westerling, R PY - 2001/09/01/ UR - http://ip.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/reprint/7/3/218 ER -