PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Rivara, Frederick P.
AU  - Thompson, Diane C.
AU  - Thompson, Robert S.
AU  - Rogers, Lisa W.
AU  - Alexander, Bruce
AU  - Felix, Debra
AU  - Bergman, Abraham B.
TI  - The Seattle Children's Bicycle Helmet Campaign: Changes in Helmet Use and Head Injury Admissions
DP  - 1994 Apr 01
TA  - Pediatrics
PG  - 567--569
VI  - 93
IP  - 4
4099  - http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/93/4/567.short
4100  - http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/93/4/567.full
SO  - Pediatrics1994 Apr 01; 93
AB  - Objective. To describe the impact of a community bicycle helmet campaign on helmet use and the incidence of bicycle-related head injuries. Setting. Metropolitan community and a large health maintenance organization. Interventions. Communitywide bicycle helmet campaign. Outcomes. Rate of observed bicycle helmet use in the community and incidence of bicycle-related injuries in an health maintenance organization population. Results. Helmet use among school-aged children increased from 5.5% in 1987 to 40.2% in 1992. Bicycle-related head injuries decreased by 66.6% in 5- to 9-year-old and 67.6% in 10- to 14-year-old members of an health maintenance organization. Conclusions. Educational campaigns can increase helmet use and decrease the incidence of bicycle-related head injury.