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Journal of Pediatric Psychology Advance Access published online on September 30, 2006
Journal of Pediatric Psychology, doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsl028
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© The Author 2006. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society of Pediartic Psychology. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org
Received February 1, 2006
Accepted August 17, 2006

Brief Report

Brief Report: Increasing Children's Safe Pedestrian Behaviors through Simple Skills Training

Benjamin K. Barton 1 *, David C. Schwebel 1, and Barbara A. Morrongiello 2

1 University of Alabama at Birmingham
2 University of Guelph

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
Benjamin K. Barton, E-mail: bbarton{at}uoguelph.ca


  Abstract

Objectives Hundreds of American children are killed and thousands more injured annually as pedestrians. Simple and effective interventions targeting behavioral changes in children are needed. Methods The present study tested a simple, skill-based training method for increasing safe pedestrian behaviors. Eighty-five children ages 5-8 participated. Results Children behaved more safely following training, indicating very brief training can produce at least short-term improvements in pedestrian behaviors. Conclusions Results are discussed with regard to the involvement of parents in the practical application of a simple training procedure and future directions for pedestrian interventions.

Keywords: injury prevention; pedestrian safety; training and intervention; unintentional injury.
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