Journal of Community Health
Volume 42, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 221-227

Child Passenger Safety in the Somali Communities of Columbus, Ohio (Article)

McKenzie L.B.* , Fowler E. , Roberts K.J. , Kaercher R.M.
  • a Center for Injury Research and Policy, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, United States, Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States, Division of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
  • b Center for Injury Research and Policy, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, United States
  • c Center for Injury Research and Policy, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, United States
  • d Center for Injury Research and Policy, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, United States

Abstract

Children (particularly low-income minorities and refugees) are at high risk for serious injury or death from motor vehicle crashes. Interpreter-assisted data collection included key informant interviews, focus groups and face-to-face surveys with the Somali community of Columbus, Ohio about child passenger safety. Measurements included prevalence of child safety seats use, awareness and knowledge of and barriers to proper use in order to inform development, implementation, and initial evaluation of a culturally-appropriate intervention for Somali families. Somali parents regarded child passenger safety as an important topic, but many reported improper restraint behaviors of one or more children and/or did not have an adequate number of child safety seats. Few parents reported having child safety seats installed by a professional technician. Child passenger safety practices in the Somali communities of Columbus are a public health concern that should be addressed with culturally-appropriate interventions. © 2016, Springer Science+Business Media New York.

Author Keywords

Immigrant Refugee Child passenger safety Somali

Index Keywords

information processing Ohio human middle aged ethnology interview Surveys and Questionnaires Young Adult Humans Interviews as Topic male female child restraint system questionnaire Child Restraint Systems adult Somalia utilization Focus Groups Child
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84986309963&doi=10.1007%2fs10900-016-0246-y&partnerID=40&md5=138a0b8a673bf529a2f1c10412985fe0
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-016-0246-y
ISSN: 00945145
Original Language: English