Video-Based Social Learning or Didactics for Car Seat Education

Launched by PHOENIX CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · Mar 21, 2016

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Previous studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of child passenger safety education, however, there is limited research identifying an optimal teaching method.

Social learning teaching methods are beneficial in promoting health-behavior change. The social learning theory hypothesizes that people learn and change their behavior by observation and modeling. The video used in the social learning method shows parents as role models methodically teaching proper car seat installation in a vehicle.

Traditionally, child passenger safety education classes are didactic in design, relying on le...

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ALL

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Parents or caregivers of car seat-age children (age zero to three years)
• • Participation in the Kids Ride Safe Program
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Spoke a language other than English or Spanish

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