Hailu Fekadu, Wubegzier Mekonnen, Aynalem Adugna, Helmut Kloos, Damen Hailemariam
Barriers to equitable healthcare services for under-five children in Ethiopia: a qualitative exploratory study
BMC health services research
background car safety seats css wellestablished strategy reduce injuries fatalities among children involved road traffic accidents however use css generally low globally due limited knowledge benefits study assessed parents knowledge attitudes toward css saudi arabia methods crosssectional study used online selfadministered survey distributed among residents different regions saudi arabia assess knowledge attitude toward css data analyzed using statistical package social sciences spss version 230 ibm corp armonk ny results total 383 saudi residents participated study mean age 3714 910 years female predominance 621 n238 onethird participants western region saudi arabia 303 n109 nonuse css reported 258 participants 117 reported rarely used css mean total knowledge score 215 range 0 3 lower knowledge score significantly associated lower educational level p0008 information regarding css p0005 none rare use css parent p0001 use media selfeducation source information regarding css p0002 mean attitude score 1252 range 4 20 attitude score significantly associated gender p0002 education p0014 number children p0005 monthly family income p0028 use css people parent p0001 information css use car p0002 source information p0001 use css parent p0001 conclusions knowledge attitude suadi population toward css use inadequate highlighting need enhance awareness understanding importance css use