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Roberts Center for Pediatric Research 2716 South Street, 13th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19146
RESEARCH PORTFOLIO
Principal Investigator: Rachel Myers, PhD
The goal of this study is to create a unique source of epidemiologic crash data that enables novel description of use and installation patterns of child restraints among crash-involved children and— following linkage with hospital discharge and death certificate data—novel description of child occupant injury outcomes based on restraint use and installation (rear- vs. forward-facing).
2013-2014
- An Assessment of Injury for Pediatric Motor Vehicle Occupants with Premature or Delayed Graduation from Forward-facing to Booster Restraint
Principal Investigator: Caitlin Locey, BS
The broad long-term goal of this research is to assess whether forward-facing harness-based child restraints provide a greater protective benefit than belt-positioning boosters for children of similar age or size in motor vehicle crashes. A secondary goal is to identify patterns of injury and injury causation scenarios for this population.