TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - The relationship between Brazilian legislation on the mandatory use of restraint devices for zero- to four-year-old children in vehicles and the numbers of injured and dead in traffic accidents
JO  - Ciencia e Saude Coletiva
A1  - Almeida, Alexandre Nascimento de
A1  - Silva Júnior, Luiz Honorato da
A1  - Oliveira, Júlio César Matos de
SP  - 3527
EP  - 3534
VL  - 26
IS  - Suppl 2
N2  - The scope of this article is to address the relationship between mandatory restraint devices and hospitalizations and deaths of zero- to four-year-old age children in traffic accidents in Brazil. Based on the mandatory use of child restraint devices for children up to 4 years of age under Brazilian traffic legislation in 2010, the authors apply data from the DataSUS and Denatran databases to analyze the time series of hospitalizations and deaths of zero- to four-year-old age children in traffic accidents between September 2005 and August 2015. Two cut-off sample periods were examined, the first consisting of an analysis from 2005 to 2015, which was subsequently subdivided into two samples, namely before and after the requirement. The results of both cut-off sample periods suggest that demands concerning the use of restraint devices led to decreased hospitalizations and deaths of children due to traffic accidents in the zero- to four-year-old age group, with a prevalence of decreased rates of hospitalization over deaths.<p />  <p>Language: pt</p>
LA  - pt
SN  - 1413-8123
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1413-81232021269.2.32352019
ID  - ref1
ER  -