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Session: Traveling Safely
4213.0: Tuesday, November 9, 2004: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Oral
Traveling Safely
This session will discuss issues in transportation safety.
Learning Objectives: To learn more about pressing issues in transportation safety.
Moderator(s):Catherine S. Gotschall, ScD
2:30 PMObservations of children's helmet use when riding scooters in Hillsborough County, Florida  [ Recorded presentation ]
Karen Liller, PhD, Lindsay Taliaferro, Chemwapuwa Jackson, Jodi Nearns
2:45 PMSocio-demographic Differences in Child Passenger Injury risk in Motor Vehicle Crashes
Irene Chen, DrPH, Michael Elliott, PhD, Dennis R. Durbin, MD, MSCE, Flaura K. Winston, MD, PhD
3:00 PMFactors Influencing Transportation Safety among Persons with Disabilities Using Wheelchairs  [ Recorded presentation ]
Thomas J. Songer, PhD, Shirley Fitzgerald, PhD, Katherine Rotko, BS
3:15 PMSize matters: Seat belt use is lower for people who are short or heavy  [ Recorded presentation ]
David G. Schlundt, PhD, Stephania Miller, PhD, Carlotta Arthur, PhD, Irwin Goldzweig, MA
3:30 PMMotor Vehicle Fatality: Risk Associated with Height, Weight and Body Mass Index
Shankuan Zhu, MD, PhD, Peter Layde, MD, MSc, Clare Guse, MS, Purushottam W Laud, PhD, Steve Hargarten, MD, MPH
3:45 PMWeakening Florida’s Motorcycle Helmet Law: The First Thirty Months
Andreas Muller, PhD
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Injury Control and Emergency Health Services
Endorsed by:Chiropractic Health Care
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 132nd Annual Meeting (November 6-10, 2004) of APHA