This is a brief overview of the issues that surround the compliance versus non-compliance of child safety seats. It is at best intended to strike a cord of interest in the undergraduate nursing student to participate in a deeper inquiry as to why that even with the laws that are on the books concerning mandatory child restraint, thousands of children will die related to motor vehicle crashes due to being unrestraint.
             Car Safety Seats and Issues of Non-Compliance an Overview
             Healthy People 2010 challenges individuals, communities, and professionals-indeed, all of us- to take specific steps to ensure that good health, as well as long life, are enjoyed by all. This statement taken from the Healthy People 2010 web site is an abridged version of the mission statement of a national campaign to increase/promote the quality and quantity of a healthy life style. This campaign also seeks to eliminate health care disparities of our citizens.
             In order to measure the health of the nation, Leading Health Indicators have been established. The ten indicators are Physical Activity, Overweight/Obesity, Tobacco Use, Substance Abuse, Responsible Sexual Behavior, Mental Health, Injury and Violence, Environmental Quality, Immunizations and Access to Health Care. Many of these Indicators are population specific; Unfortunately Injury and Violence affect the entire world indiscriminately.
             Injury is widely recognized as both the leading cause of death in children ages 1-19 and causes as many as 30,000 permanent disabilities per year (Aitken et al. 2002). Although concern over the injuries inflicted on or to children is not a new one. It is only within the last 20+ a year that a greater emphasis has been placed on protection and prevention from injury versus the treatment of the injury. Scientific research has increased interest from governmental agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC has supplied much needed fu...