Promoting Bike Helmet Safety for Urban Children Through a Culturally Tailored Educational Video Intervention. Issue 2 (March 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ryan, Leticia Manning; Solomon, Barry S.; Ziegfeld, Susan; Gielen, Andrea; Malloy, Lauren; Foster, Daniel; Smith, Katherine Clegg; McDonald, Eileen
• Is Part Of: Health promotion practice. Volume 20:Issue 2(2019)
• Page Start: 157
• Page End: 159
• Publication Date: 2019-03
• Subjects: injury prevention -- safety -- unintentional injury -- injury prevention -- safety -- child/adolescent health -- health education; Health promotion -- Periodicals; Health promotion -- United States -- Periodicals; Health education -- Periodicals; Health education -- United States -- Periodicals; 613
• DOI: 10.1177/1524839918822271
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1524-8399

Abstract

Bicycle-related falls are a significant cause of mortality and morbidity. Use of bicycle helmets substantially reduces risk of severe traumatic brain injury but compliance with this safety practice is particularly low in urban children. We recruited eleven 8- to 15-year-old youth to participate in focus groups to inform the creation of a video promoting helmet use. Key emerging themes included that youth were responsible for keeping themselves safe and that most youth had cell phones with cases to protect them. A video was created that linked the concept of use of cases to protect phones to use of helmets to protect heads. Soliciting information from urban youth was helpful for developing this educational video.