Parents’ awareness on compliance with the use of child restraint system: a quantitative pilot study at kindergarten and nursery in Parit Raja, Batu Pahat, Johor
It has been reported that children transported in private vehicles are the leading groups of casualties among those aged 1 to 9 years old in Malaysia. Child Restraint System (CRS) is made mandatory on 1 January 2020 to reduce road fatalities among those vulnerable children. However, study found that...
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my.utm.977072022-10-25T10:48:27Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/97707/ Parents’ awareness on compliance with the use of child restraint system: a quantitative pilot study at kindergarten and nursery in Parit Raja, Batu Pahat, Johor Abd. Rahman, Raha Khalik, Nurshafikah Lim, Wei May Hassan, Mohd. Farid Mashros, Nordiana Md. Diah, Jezan Bujang, Zamri TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) It has been reported that children transported in private vehicles are the leading groups of casualties among those aged 1 to 9 years old in Malaysia. Child Restraint System (CRS) is made mandatory on 1 January 2020 to reduce road fatalities among those vulnerable children. However, study found that the use of CRS is still at an unsatisfactory level even though the law has been enforced. Hence, this pilot study was conducted to determine the awareness, usage, and compliance with the use of child restraint system by means of quantitative measures. Questionnaire and observation survey were conducted in 6 participating kindergartens and nurseries in Parit Raja and received a total of 34 respondents. The self-reported survey results show that 97.1% of the respondents are aware of the enforcement on 1 January 2020, only 35.3% of the parents used CRS every time riding in a vehicle. Challenges in complying with the use of CRS are household income, lack of awareness program and knowledge on the importance of CRS. Parents who send their children to government kindergartens by 4-wheel vehicle are observed to not use CRS. In short, parents in this pilot study show that they are aware of the risks of not using CRS, but majority is still unable to comply with CRS usage. Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS) 2021-05 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/97707/1/NordianaMashros2021_ParentsAwarenessonCompliancewiththeUse.pdf Abd. Rahman, Raha and Khalik, Nurshafikah and Lim, Wei May and Hassan, Mohd. Farid and Mashros, Nordiana and Md. Diah, Jezan and Bujang, Zamri (2021) Parents’ awareness on compliance with the use of child restraint system: a quantitative pilot study at kindergarten and nursery in Parit Raja, Batu Pahat, Johor. International Journal of Road Safety (IJRS), 2 (1). pp. 19-23. ISSN 2716-6651 https://ijrs.my/journal/article/view/26 NA |
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It has been reported that children transported in private vehicles are the leading groups of casualties among those aged 1 to 9 years old in Malaysia. Child Restraint System (CRS) is made mandatory on 1 January 2020 to reduce road fatalities among those vulnerable children. However, study found that the use of CRS is still at an unsatisfactory level even though the law has been enforced. Hence, this pilot study was conducted to determine the awareness, usage, and compliance with the use of child restraint system by means of quantitative measures. Questionnaire and observation survey were conducted in 6 participating kindergartens and nurseries in Parit Raja and received a total of 34 respondents. The self-reported survey results show that 97.1% of the respondents are aware of the enforcement on 1 January 2020, only 35.3% of the parents used CRS every time riding in a vehicle. Challenges in complying with the use of CRS are household income, lack of awareness program and knowledge on the importance of CRS. Parents who send their children to government kindergartens by 4-wheel vehicle are observed to not use CRS. In short, parents in this pilot study show that they are aware of the risks of not using CRS, but majority is still unable to comply with CRS usage. |
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Parents’ awareness on compliance with the use of child restraint system: a quantitative pilot study at kindergarten and nursery in Parit Raja, Batu Pahat, Johor |
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