Publications by authors named "Diane G Winn"
Article Synopsis
- - Drowning is the leading cause of accidental death for California kids under five, with an average of 49 fatalities per year from 2010-2021, despite the California Pool Safety Act aimed at reducing these numbers.
- - A study from 2017-2021 found 4,166 drowning incidents in children aged 1-4, including 234 fatalities, but no significant change in fatality rates over the five years was noted.
- - Pool drownings accounted for 65% of fatal incidents, highlighting the need for better data collection on risk factors to enhance prevention efforts and decrease drowning rates among young children.
Objective: High rates of use of child safety seats have been achieved. A remaining challenge in child passenger safety is to reach the Healthy People 2010 objective of child safety seat use to 100%. Several factors have been reported to influence child safety seat use.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Nonuse of child car safety seats (CSSs) remains significant; in 2000, 47% of occupant fatalities among children <5 years of age involved unrestrained children. Nonusers and part-time users of CSSs represent small proportions of the US population that have not responded to intervention efforts. Our study examined the factors contributing to nonuse or part-time use of CSSs and the effects of exposure to a class for violators of the California Child Passenger Safety (CPS) law.
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