Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention
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To evaluate a pilot program of providing child restraint system (CRS) checks by certified technicians with well-child care in an urban health center serving a low-income community. ⋯ This urban health center has high rates of CRS non-use and near-universal misuse. Providing CRS checks by certified technicians during well-child care is a promising means of promoting sustained and improved CRS use.
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To determine the cost effectiveness of a public health legislative/educational strategy to reduce tap water scalds in children less than 10 years of age. ⋯ Legislation to lower thermostat settings on domestic water heaters plus annual educational notices to utility customers would generate cost savings while reducing the morbidity from tap water scalds in children.
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Comparative Study
Gun shows across a multistate American gun market: observational evidence of the effects of regulatory policies.
To describe gun shows and assess the impact of increased regulation on characteristics linked to their importance as sources of guns used in crime. ⋯ California's regulatory policies were associated with a decreased incidence of anonymous, undocumented gun sales and illegal straw purchases at gun shows. No significant adverse effects of these policies were observed.