• Sudha R Raman, Michel D Landry, C Andrea Ottensmeyer, Susan Jacob, Elham Hamdan, and Manal Bouhaimed.
• a Department of Community and Family Medicine , Duke University , Durham , USA.
• Int J Inj Contr Saf Promot. 2013 Jan 1; 20 (4): 358-67.

AbstractChild safety restraints can reduce risk of death and decrease injury severity from road traffic crashes; however, knowledge about restraints and their use in Kuwait is limited. A cross-sectional, self-administered survey about child car safety was used among a convenience sample of parents of children aged 18 years or younger at five Kuwaiti university campuses. Of 552 respondents, over 44% have seated a child in the front seat and 41.5% have seated a child in their lap while driving. Few parents are aware of and fewer report using the appropriate child restraint; e.g., 36% of parents of infants recognised an infant seat and 26% reported using one. Over 70% reported wearing seat belts either "all of the time" (33%) or "most of the time" (41%). This new information about parents' knowledge and practice regarding child car seat use in Kuwait can inform interventions to prevent child occupant injury and death.

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