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Child Passenger Safety, Child Car Restraint, Child Car Seat, Mobile Health Intervention

Background: Child car-passenger safety practices remain low in Nigeria. Findings from the formative phase of a project to deliver an m-health intervention on child-passenger safety to mothers/caregivers attending selected child-immunization clinics in Ibadan are presented in this paper. The aim of t...

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720 |a Olumide, A.O.  |e author 
720 |a Adebayo, E.S.  |e author 
720 |a Cadmus, E.O.  |e author 
720 |a Folajimi, Y.  |e author 
720 |a Amodu, O.K.  |e author 
720 |a Balogun, F.M.  |e author 
260 |c 2017 
520 |a Background: Child car-passenger safety practices remain low in Nigeria. Findings from the formative phase of a project to deliver an m-health intervention on child-passenger safety to mothers/caregivers attending selected child-immunization clinics in Ibadan are presented in this paper. The aim of this study was to describe stakeholders’ awareness of child passenger safety measures; to determine the cost of child car seats and acceptability of interventions to improve child-passenger safety practices. Methods: Twenty-four key-informant interviews with traffic enforcement officers (four), physicians (five), and mothers of children (fifteen) ;and a market survey was conducted. Results: Physicians and traffic law enforcement officers were more knowledgeable about child passenger safety measures compared to mothers. Cost of infant seats ranged from N6, 000.00 - N36, 000.00 (USD27.9 - USD 167.67) and toddler seats, N6, 000.00 - N81, 000.00 (USD27.95 - USD377.27). Acceptance of a mobile-phone intervention and its accompanying law enforcement was very high. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that an intervention to improve child-passenger safety practices using mobile technology is acceptable to stakeholders in the study area. The intervention should address caregivers’ misconceptions about current child passenger safety measures as this could further enhance compliance with these safety measures. 
024 8 |a 2756-5114 
024 8 |a ui_art_olumide_qualitative_2017 
024 8 |a The Nigerian Journal of Public Health 2(1), pp. 41-54 
024 8 |a https://repository.ui.edu.ng/handle/123456789/13150 
653 |a Child Passenger Safety 
653 |a Child Car Restraint 
653 |a Child Car Seat 
653 |a Mobile Health Intervention 
245 0 0 |a Child Passenger Safety, Child Car Restraint, Child Car Seat, Mobile Health Intervention