Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care

Selected References

Prevention of Motor Vehicle Accident Injuries

Adapted to the Canadian context by R. Wayne Elford, MD, CCFP, FCFP, Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary, from the 1989 report of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

These recommendations were finalized by the Task Force in November 1992

1. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Guide to Clinical Preventive Services: an Assessment of the Effectiveness of 169 Interventions. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, Md, 1989: 315-320

2. 1987 Traffic Accident Injury Reporting (TRAID) System dataset. Laboratory Centre for Disease Control, Health and Welfare Canada, Ottawa

3. Conn JM: Deaths from motor vehicle-related injuries, 1978-1984. MMWR CDC Surveill Summ 1988; 37: 5-12

4. Waller PF, Stewart JR, Hansen AR, et al: The potentiating effects of alcohol on driver injury. JAMA 1986; 256: 1461-1466

5. Evans L: Older driver involvement in fatal and severe traffic crashes. J Gerontol 1988; 43: S186-S193

6. Waller JA: Medical impairment and highway crashes. JAMA 1969; 208(12): 2293-2296

7. DeLisle A: Characteristics of three- and four-wheeled all-terrain vehicle accidents in Quebec. Accid Anal Prev 1988; 20: 357-366

8. Rodgers GB: The effectiveness of helmets in reducing all-terrain vehicle injuries and deaths. Accid Anal Prev 1990; 22(1): 47-58

9. Newman RJ: A prospective evaluation of the protective effect of car seatbelts. J Trauma 1986; 26(6): 561-564

10. Orsay EM, Turnbull TL, Dunne M, et al: Prospective study of the effect of safety belts on morbidity and health care costs in motor vehicle accidents. JAMA 1988; 260: 3598-3603

11. Viano DC: Limits and challenges of crash protection. Accid Anal Prev 1988; 20(6): 421-429

12. Margolis LH, Wagenaar AC, Liu W, et al: The effects of a mandatory child restraint law on injuries requiring hospitalization. Am J Dis Child 1988; 142: 1099-1103

13. Chenier TC, Evans L: Motorcyclist fatalities and the repeal of mandatory helmet wearing laws. Accid Anal Prev 1987; 19: 133-139

14. Kelly RB: Effect of a brief physician intervention on seat belt use. J Fam Pract 1987; 24: 630-632

15. Reisinger KS, Williams AF, Wells JK, et al: Effect of pediatricians' counselling on infant restraint use. Pediatrics 1981; 67: 201-206

16. Macknin ML, Gustafson C, Gassman J, et al: Office education by pediatricians to increase seat belt use. Am J Dis Child 1987; 141: 1305-1307

17. American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Adolescence: Alcohol use and abuse: a pediatric concern. Pediatrics 1987; 79: 450-453

18. McCarroll JR, Haddon W Jr: A controlled study of fatal automobile accidents in New York City. J Chronic Dis 1962; 15: 811-826

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