5174.0: Wednesday, October 24, 2001: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM

Oral Session

Risk Factors & Interventions for Motor Vehicle Injuries

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Moderator(s):David Sleet, PhD
2:30 PMAssociation Between Pedestrian Injury Patterns, Vehicle Type, Mass, and Speed: SUVs versus Conventional Cars
Michael F. Ballesteros, PhD, Patricia C. Dischinger, PhD
2:45 PMEvidence from the field: How well are we protecting our children?
Barbara M Stepanski, MPH, Leslie Upledger Ray, MA, MPPA, Louise Nichols, Cindy Hearrell, David Thompson, Roxanne Hoffman, Patti Murrin, RN, MPH
3:00 PMRace, Hispanic origin, and socioeconomic status in relation to motor vehicle occupant death rates
Elisa R. Braver, PhD
3:15 PMSystematic review of the evidence of effectiveness of community-based interventions to improve the use of child safety seats
Stephanie Zaza, MD, MPH, David A. Sleet, PhD, Dan Sosin, Robert S. Thompson, MD
3:30 PMThe effect of seating position on risk of injury for children in side
Shannon D. Morris, Michael Elliott, PhD, Rebecca Anderko, MS, Dennis Durbin, MD, MSCE, Flaura Winston, MD, PhD, Edith Simpson
3:45 PMThe Guide to Community Preventive Services: Systematic reviews and evidence-based recommendations for interventions to reduce motor vehicle occupant injury
Stephanie Zaza, MD, MPH, David A. Sleet, PhD, Ruth A. Shults, PhD, MPH, Robert S. Thompson, MD
Sponsor:Injury Control and Emergency Health Services
Cosponsors:Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Chiropractic, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA