KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICES OF CHILD CAR SAFETY AMONG PARENTS/GUARDIANS OF CHILDREN 0 – 8 YEARS IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN LAGOS STATE – AN INTERVENTION STUDY

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KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICES OF CHILD CAR SAFETY AMONG PARENTS/GUARDIANS OF CHILDREN 0 – 8 YEARS IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN LAGOS STATE – AN INTERVENTION STUDY

Abstract

Background: Road traffic crashes have been identified as one of the leading causes of death and injury in children above one year of age. Riding unrestrained has been identified as the greatest risk factor for death and injury among children in motor vehicles.
Objectives: This study was carried out to determine the effect of health education on the knowledge and practices of child car safety among parents and guardians of children aged 0-8 years in private primary and pre-primary schools in two Local Government Areas of Lagos State.
Materials and methods: The study, which was a non-randomised, controlled intervention study, involved the observation of children being transported to school in cars, and the administration of a semi-structured questionnaire to their parents during a Parents Teachers Association meeting. Participating schools in the study and control groups were recruited from a list of schools obtained from the Local Education Authorities through the process of simple random sampling. Following baseline observation and questionnaire administration, a health talk was given to parents and guardians, and the message was reinforced with use of posters, email messages and text messages, and distribution of a newsletter to all parents. Follow up observation and questionnaire administration were done after three months.
Results: General knowledge of car safety seats and proper seating position among parents and guardians was fair, with a mean knowledge score of 9.17 out of a maximum score of 18 in the study group, and 7.63 in the control group. However, there were wide variations in the knowledge of specific issues in child car safety among respondents. Observed child restraint use among the groups studied was very low, as was the rate of appropriate restraint for age (10.8% & 4.2% respectively in study group; and 7.0% & 1.8% respectively in control group). The rate of front seating among observed child passengers was not as high as has been observed in studies from similar environments (9.4% and 17.5% in study and control groups
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respectively). Child’s seating position and number of children riding in the car were significantly related to child restraint use in both study and control groups; there was also a significant relationship between age and child restraint use in the control group. Factors related to child’s seating position in the study group were driver’s relationship to child and gender of driver, whereas in the control group the age of the child and number of children in the car were significantly related to child’s seating position.
The intervention programme significantly increased the mean log transformed knowledge score of respondents in the study group (mean score difference {ln} =0.264707, t=2.822, p <0.05) as opposed to that in the control group (mean score difference {ln} =0.132594, t=1.289, p > 0.05), although the increase was not consistent across all questions on knowledge. However, only minimal changes in child car safety practices were observed. Observed child restraint use and appropriate restraint for age depreciated in the study group by 0.5% and 1.3% respectively, and by 3.3% & 1.1% in the control group. Proportion of front seat child passengers observed rose non-significantly by 4.8% and 2.5% in study and control groups respectively.
Conclusions: A health education intervention can significantly improve knowledge of parents on child car safety. However, parent education alone may not be sufficient for a significant and sustained improvement in child car safety practices. A multifaceted approach, targeting both parents and children, is proposed; which in addition to education includes components that focus on attitudinal change towards child car safety issues, discount and loan schemes for child restraint devices, active involvement of the public health practitioner and other trained workers in counselling, legislation and enforcement.

Title Page———i

Certification——–ii

Dedication———iii

Acknowledgement——-iv

Abstract ———vi

Table of Content——–vii

 

Chapter One

1.0 Introduction ——-1

1.1 Statement of Problem——4

1.2 Purpose of the Study——5

1.3 Significance of Study——8

1.4 Limitation——–9

1.5 Scope of Study——-11

 

Chapter Two

2.0 Review of Related Literature —-12

2.6 Summary of Literature Review—- 19

 

Chapter Three

3.0 Research Methodology and Procedure—22

3.1 Population ——–22

3.2 Sample and Sampling Technique—-22

3.3 Validation of the Instrument —-23

3.4 Reliability of the Instrument —–23

3.5 Data Analysis——-23

 

Chapter Four

4.0 Presentation and Discussion of Result—24

4.1 Analysis and interpretaion of Data—25

4.2 Discussion of Results——38

 

Chapter Five

5.0. Summary, Conclusion, and Recommendation  –40

5.1 Summary——–40

5.2 Conclusion——–41

5.3 Recommendation——42

References ———45

Appendix 1——–47

Appendix ———50

KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICES OF CHILD CAR SAFETY AMONG PARENTS/GUARDIANS OF CHILDREN 0 – 8 YEARS IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN LAGOS STATE – AN INTERVENTION STUDY

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