Program tries to get minority kids buckled up – USATODAY.com: It's long been a vexing challenge for road safety advocates: how to increase the use of child safety restraints and seat belts among African Americans and Hispanics.
A new study by researchers at the University of Michigan shows there's still work to do: The study, published last month in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, finds that black and Hispanic infants and toddlers are unrestrained at rates 10 times those of white children; among older children, there's a two-fold difference.
An 8-year-old, church-based, family-focused initiative by Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and automaker Toyota is helping make a dent. The program, Buckle Up for Life, works through churches to overcome cultural, educational and economic barriers to restraint use by minorities.
