Parental willingness to pay for child safety seats in Mashad, Iran

Jarahi, Lida; Karbakhsh, Mojgan; Rashidian, Arash

doi:10.1186/1471-2458-11-281

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“…As highlighted, there was a relationship between income level and purchasing of a new car seat with those in the lower income brackets being less likely to have purchased a new seat from a store or online. This finding is mirrored in other studies where those in lower socio-economic groups were less willing to pay for car seats [45]. The provision of low-cost/subsidised CRS or borrowing schemes would help to mitigate against lower ownership rates.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 54%

Affordability and Availability of Child Restraints in an Under-Served Population in South Africa

Puvanachandra

Janmohammed

Mtambeka

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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Background: Child road traffic injuries are a major global public health problem and the issue is particularly burdensome in middle-income countries such as South Africa where injury death rates are 41 per 100,000 for under 5′s and 24.5 per 100,000 for 5–14-year-old. Despite their known effectiveness in reducing injuries amongst children, the rates of use of child restraint systems (CRS) remains low in South Africa. Little is known about barriers to child restraint use especially in low- and middle-income countries. Methods: We carried out observation studies and parent/carer surveys in 7 suburbs of Cape Town over a three month period to assess usage rates and explore the knowledge and perceptions of parents towards child restraint legislation, ownership and cost; Results: Only 7.8% of child passengers were observed to be properly restrained in a CRS with driver seatbelt use and single child occupancy being associated with higher child restraint use. 92% of survey respondents claimed to have knowledge of current child restraint legislation, however, only 32% of those parents/carers were able to correctly identify the age requirements and penalty. Reasons given for not owning a child seat included high cost and the belief that seatbelts were a suitable alternative. Conclusions: These findings indicate the need for a tighter legislation with an increased fine paired with enhanced enforcement of both adult seatbelt and child restraint use. The provision of low-cost/subsidised CRS or borrowing schemes and targeted social marketing through online fora, well baby clinics, early learning centres would be beneficial in increasing ownership and use of CRS.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 54%

Affordability and Availability of Child Restraints in an Under-Served Population in South Africa

Puvanachandra

Janmohammed

Mtambeka

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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“…A national study conducted in Iran and a study in the Fars Province found that the majority of deaths are a result of RTCs involving illiterate victims and the least number of university graduates (81). A study conducted on Iranian families showed that the demand for child care safety seats (CSS) is low in both high and low income countries (82). One study found that a lower economic level was associated with high incidence and mortality of RTCs (83).…”

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confidence: 99%

Epidemiological Patterns of Road Traffic Crashes During the Last Two Decades in Iran: A Review of the Literature from 1996 to 2014

Sadeghi‐Bazargani¹,

Ayubi²,

Azami-Aghdash³

et al. 2016

Arch Trauma Res

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ContextDespite considerable attention given to health statistics of road traffic crashes (RTCs), the epidemiological aspects of injuries resulting from RTCs are not fully understood in Iran and other developing countries. The aim of this review was to study the epidemiological pattern and issues arising due to RTCs in Iran.Evidence AcquisitionThe scope of this study involves data from a broad range of published literature on RTCs in Iran. Data collection for this study was conducted by searching for keywords such as traffic accidents, traffic crashes, motorcycle accidents, motorcycle crashes, motorcycle injury, motor vehicle injury, motor vehicle crashes and motor vehicle accidents, Iran and Iranian in various databases such as Embase, PubMed, Google Scholar, Scopus, Magiran, Iranian scientific information database (SID) and IranMedex.ResultsThis study comprised of 95 articles. It is evident from this review that a large number of severe RTCs occur due to collision of two or more vehicles and most of the victims are males aged between 30 and 39 years. Male pedestrian, drivers and passengers are more likely to be severely injured in comparison to females. One of the most prevalent causes of death among adults involved in the RTCs are head injuries and the majority of deaths occur prior to hospitalization. Mortality rates for RTCs are higher in summer, especially during midnight among all age groups. The most common individual and environmental risk factors associated with RTCs include lack of attention, getting trapped in the car, listening to music, fatigue and sleepiness, duration and distance and negligence of seatbelt usage while driving.ConclusionsThe findings of the current study will be beneficial in prevention of RTCs and its associated complications and hence will be vital for policy makers, health service managers and stakeholders.

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“…This is the stimulus needed to trigger the decision-making process to accept a recommended health action. To reflect the aims of this study (development of guidelines for promotion and publicity), the questions focus on only the external factors; therefore, the questionnaires are based on promotion [14]. For example, from a hospital perspective, "Hospitals should provide child car seats for sale/rent/loan to the mother after giving birth," and from the parents' and surrounding peoples' perspective, "A close friend thinks I should use a CRS when travelling" [15].…”

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confidence: 99%

Investigating Parents’ Attitudes towards the Use of Child Restraint Systems by Comparing Non-Users and User Parents

et al. 2023

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In developing countries, there are no laws to enforce child safety seat use, so there is still a very low rate of use. This study aimed to understand parents’ attitudes toward CRS use based on the health belief model (HBM) theory. To find realistic policies encouraging the use of CRSs, the model was split into two sub-models: a group of parents using a CRS (CRS user) and a group of parents not using a CRS (CRS non-user). Using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), structural equation modeling (SEM), and measurement invariance (MI) to test the differences between the two parent groups, the CFA results indicated that there were six constructs based on the HBM. According to the individual models of SEM, in the CRS non-user model, no significant latent construct was found to affect the use of CRSs, whereas in the CRS user model, the perceived severity and the cues to action were significant for using a CRS (p < 0.05). The MI results indicated that the attitudes of the two parent groups were different. The recommendations for policies obtained from the study results include promotion aimed toward increasing safety awareness, public relations regarding CRS usefulness, and pricing strategies from the government sector.

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Parental willingness to pay for child safety seats in Mashad, Iran

Cited by 7 publications

References 22 publications

Affordability and Availability of Child Restraints in an Under-Served Population in South Africa

Affordability and Availability of Child Restraints in an Under-Served Population in South Africa

Epidemiological Patterns of Road Traffic Crashes During the Last Two Decades in Iran: A Review of the Literature from 1996 to 2014

Investigating Parents’ Attitudes towards the Use of Child Restraint Systems by Comparing Non-Users and User Parents

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