Increasing Child Restraint Usage through Local Education and Distribution Efforts

摘要

The report summarizes a year of activity aimed at increasing child restraint usage through local education and distribution efforts in North Carolina. Among the activities funded were Highway Safety Research Center (HSRC) staff efforts that developed and distributed material throughout the state, made educational presentations, trained local child passenger safety volunteers and conducted workshops on safety seat misuse. Another section describes HSRC efforts to coordinate ongoing safety seat rental programs and encourage expansion of programs to hospital settings. Public information and education efforts, including news releases, television public service announcements and brochure development is described. Finally, the report covers the updated evaluation of the effectiveness of safety seats based on data collected throughout the year.