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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Motor Vehicle Injury – Child Safety Seats: Distribution and Education Programs

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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 distribution and education programs to increase people’s use of child safety seats. Through these programs, parents and caregivers get approved child safety seats for free or rent them at a low cost. The programs also teach parents and caregivers about the importance of child passenger safety. The programs are intended for families who may not be able to afford child safety seats or don’t understand why using a child safety seat is important.

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Objectives related to this resource (3)

Reduce deaths from motor vehicle crashes — IVP‑06
Getting worse
Reduce the proportion of deaths of car passengers who weren't buckled in — IVP‑07
Little or no detectable change
Reduce emergency department visits for nonfatal unintentional injuries — IVP‑04
Little or no detectable change

Suggested Citation

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Guide to Community Preventive Services. (1998). Motor Vehicle Injury – Child Safety Seats: Distribution and Education Programs. Retrieved from https://www.thecommunityguide.org/findings/motor-vehicle-injury-child-safety-seats-distribution-and-education-programs