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Aitken, M. E., Miller, B. K., Anderson, B. L., Swearinger, C. J., Monroe, K. W., Daniels, D., O'Neill, J.O., Scherer, L. R., Hafner, J., & Mullins, S. H. (2013). Promoting use of booster seats in rural areas through community sports programs. The Journal of Rural Health, 29, S70-S78.

Alonge, M., Alonge, C., O’Donnell, J., Harnish, A., Matz, M., & Decina, L. A. (2012, June). Avoiding “tween” tragedies: Demonstration project to increase seat belt use among 8- to 15-year-old motor vehicle occupants (Report No. DOT HS 811 096). National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. www.nhtsa.gov/staticfiles/nti/pdf/811096.pdf

American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Injury, Violence, and Poison Prevention. (2011). Policy statement: Child passenger safety. Pediatrics, 127, 788-793.

Amiotte, J., Balanay, J. A., & Humphrey, C. (2016). Seat belt usage interventions for motor vehicle crash prevention on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota. Journal of Environmental Health, 78(6), 46-52.

Arbogast, K. B., Jermakian, J. S., Kallan, M. J., & Durbin, D. R. (2009). Effectiveness of belt positioning booster seats: An updated assessment. Pediatrics, 124, 1281-1286.

Ash, I. K., Edwards, A. L., & Porter, B. E. (2014). An investigation of state population characteristics that moderate the relationship of state seat belt law and use in the United States. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 71, 129-136. doi:10.1016/j.aap.2014.05.011

Automotive Coalition for Traffic Safety. (2001). 2001 seat belt summit: Policy options for increasing seat belt use in the United States.

Bachman, S. L., Salzman, G. A., Burke, R. V., Arbogast, H., Ruiz, P., & Upperman, J. S. (2016). Observed child restraint misuse in a large, urban community: Results from three years of inspection events. Journal of Safety Research, 56, 17-22.

Benedetti, M., Klinich, K. D., Manary, M. A., & Flannagan, C. A. (2017). Predictors of restraint use among child occupants. Traffic Injury Prevention, 18(8), 866-869.

Bhat, G., Beck, L., Bergen, G., & Kresnow, M. J. (2015). Predictors of rear seat belt use among US adults, 2012. Journal of Safety Research, 53, 103-106. https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/75916

Billie, H., Crump, C. E., Letourneau, R. J., & West, B. A. (2016). Child safety and booster seat use in five tribal communities, 2010–2014. Journal of Safety Research, 59, 113-117.

Blomberg, R. D., Thomas, F. D., & Cleven, A. M. (2009, March). Innovative seat belt demonstration programs in Kentucky, Mississippi, North Dakota, and Wyoming (Report No. DOT HS 811 080). National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.dot.gov/files/documents/811080_0.pdf

Boase, P., Jonah, B. A., & Dawson, N. (2004). Occupant restraint use in Canada. Journal of Safety Research, 35, 223-229.

Bowman, J. A., Sanson-Fisher, R. W., & Webb, G. R. (1987). Interventions in preschools to increase the use of safety restraints by preschool children. Pediatrics, 79(1), 103-109.

Boyle, J. M. & Lampkin, C. (2008, August). 2007 Motor vehicle occupant safety survey. Volume 2, Seat belt report (Report No. DOT HS 810 975). National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. www.nhtsa.gov/DOT/NHTSA/Traffic%20Injury%20Control/Articles/Associated%20Files/810975.pdf

Brixey, S. N., Corden, T. E., Guse, C. E., & Layde, P. M. (2011). Booster seat legislation: Does it work for all children? Injury Prevention, 17, 233-237.

Brown, J., Finch, C. F., Hatfield, J., & Bilston, L. E. (2011). Child restraint fitting stations reduce incorrect restraint use among child occupants. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 43, 1128-1133.

Brubacher, J. R., Desapriya, E., Erdelyi, S., & Chan, H. (2016). The impact of child safety restraint legislation on child injuries in police-reported motor vehicle collisions in British Columbia: An interrupted time series analysis. Pediatrics & Child Health, 21(4), 27-31.

Bruce, B. S., Snowden, A. W., Cunningham, C., Cramm, C. L., Whittle, K., Correale, H., Barwick, M., Piotrowski, C., Warda, L., & Harrold, J. (2011). Predicting parents’ use of booster seats. Injury Prevention, 17, 313-318.

Bryant-Stephens, T., Garcia-Espana, J. F., & Winston, F. K. (2013). Boosting restraint norms: A community-delivered campaign to promote booster seat use. Traffic Injury Prevention, 14, 578-583.

Chaudhary, N. K., Alonge, M., & Preusser, D. F. (2005). Evaluation of the Reading, PA nighttime safety belt enforcement campaign: September 2004. Journal of Safety Research, 36, 321-326.

Chaudhary, N. K., Tison, J., & Casanova, T. (2010, April). Evaluation of Maine's seat belt law change from secondary to primary enforcement (Report No. DOT HS 811 259). National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. www.nhtsa.gov/staticfiles/nti/pdf/811259.pdf

Decina, L. E., Hall, W. L., & Lococo, K.H. (2010, February). Booster seat law enforcement: Examples from Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Washington (Report No. DOT HS 811 247). National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/2071

Decina, L. E., Lococo, K. H., Ashburn, W., Hall, W. L., & Rose, J. (2008, May). Identifying strategies to improve the effectiveness of booster seat laws (Report No. DOT HS 810 969). National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/1835

Decina, L. E., Temple, M. G., & Dorer, H. S. (1994, March). Local police enforcement, public information and education strategies to foster more and proper use of child safety seats by toddlers: Evaluation of a demonstration project. (Report No. DOT HS 808 120). National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/1553

Dinh-Zarr, T. B., Sleet, D. A., Shults, R. A., Zaza, S., Elder, R. W., Nichols, J. L., Thompson, R. S., Sosin, D. M., & the Task Force on Community Preventive Services. (2001). Reviews of evidence regarding strategies to increase the use of safety belts. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 21, 48-65. www.thecommunityguide.org/sites/default/files/publications/mvoi-AJPM-evrev-seat-belts.pdf

Dukehart, J. G., Walker, L., Lococo, K., Decina, L. E., & Staplin, L. (2007). Safe Kids checkup events: A national study. Safe Kids Worldwide. www.safekids.org/assets/docs/ourwork/research/research-report-cps-2006.pdf

Dunn, L., Holliday, A., & Vegega, M. (2016, March). Motor vehicle occupant protection facts – Children, youth, young adults (Report No. DOT HS 812 251). National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.dot.gov/files/812251-youthfactsbook2016.pdf

Durbin, D. R., Hoffman, B. D., & Council on Injury, Violence, and Poison Prevention. (2018). Child passenger safety. Pediatrics, 142(5), e20182460. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2018-2460

Ebel, B. E., Koepsell, T. D., Bennett, E. E., & Rivara, F. P. (2003). Too small for a seat belt: Predictors of booster seat use by child passengers. Pediatrics, 111, e323-e327.

Eby, D. W., Kostyniuk, L. P., Molnar, L. J., Vivoda, J. M., & Miller, L. L. (2004). The effect of changing from secondary to primary safety belt enforcement on police harassment. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 36, 819-828.

Ehiri, J. E., Ejere, H. O., Magnussen, L., Emusu, D., King, W., & Osberg, S. J. (2006). Interventions for promoting booster seat use in four to eight year olds traveling in motor vehicles. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, (1).

Elliott, K. R., Solomon, M. G., & Preusser, D. F. (2014, November). Evaluation of a high-visibility enforcement seat belt program on the Blue Ridge Parkway (Report No. DOT HS 812 085). National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/1997

Enriquez, J. (2019, August). Occupant restraint use in 2018: Results from the NOPUS controlled intersection study (Report No. DOT HS 812 781). National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/812781

Enriquez, J., & Pickrell, T. M. (2019, January). Seat belt use in 2018 – Overall results (Traffic Safety Facts Research Note. Report No. DOT HS 812 662). National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/812662

Farmer, C. M., & Williams, A. F. (2005). Effect on fatality risk of changing from secondary to primary seat belt enforcement. Journal of Safety Research, 36, 189-194.

Fell, J. C., Baker, T. K., McKnight, A. S., Brainard, K., Langston, E., Rider, R., Levy, D., & Grube, J. (2005, September). Increasing teen safety belt use: A program and literature review (Report No. DOT HS 809 899). National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. www.nhtsa.gov/staticfiles/nti/pdf/809899.pdf

Garcia-Espana, J. F., Winston, F. K., & Durbin, D. R. (2012). Safety belt laws and disparities in safety belt use among US high-school drivers. American Journal of Public Health, 102, 1128-1134.

Glassbrenner, D. (2006, March). Safety belt use in 2005: Use rates in the states and territories (Report No. DOT HS 809 970). National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/809970

Governors Highway Safety Association. (2019a). Seat belt laws by State. www.ghsa.org/sites/default/files/2019-06/SeatBeltLaws_June19.pdf

GHSA. (2019b). Child passenger safety. www.ghsa.org/issues/child-passenger-safety#:~:text=Require%20all%20children%20to%20be,by%20children%20younger%20than%2013.

Greenwell, N. K. (2015, May). Results of the national child restraint use special study (Report No. DOT HS 812 142). National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/812142

Gunn, V. L., Phillippi, R. M., & Cooper, W. O. (2007). Improvement in booster seat use in Tennessee. Pediatrics, 119, 131-136.

Han, G.-M. (2017). Non-seatbelt use and associated factors among passengers. International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion, 24(2), 251-255.

Harper, S., & Strumpf, E. C. (2017). Primary enforcement of mandatory seat belt laws and motor vehicle crash deaths. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 53(2), pp 176-183.

Hedlund, J., Gilbert, S. H., Ledingham, K., & Preusser, D. (2008, August). How states achieve high seat belt use rates (Report No. DOT HS 810 962). National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/810962

Hedlund, J. H., Preusser, D. F., & Shults, R. A. (2004). A research agenda for increasing safety belt use in the United States. Journal of Safety Research, 35, 231-235.

Hinch, M., Solomon, M., & Tison, J. (2014, March). The Click It or Ticket evaluation, 2012 (Traffic Safety Facts Research Note. Report No. DOT HS 811 989). National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.dot.gov/files/811989-the_click_it_or_ticket_eval_2012_rn_tsf.pdf

Houston, D. J., & Richardson, L. E. (2006). Getting Americans to buckle up: The efficacy of state seat belt laws. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 37, 1114-1120.

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IIHS. (2019b). Seat belt and child seat laws by state. www.iihs.org/topics/seat-belts/seat-belt-law-table

Jennings, C., Merzer, A., & Mitchell, P. (2006). Tween traffic safety: Influencing 8- to 12-year- olds to sit safely buckled in a back seat. Automotive Coalition for Traffic Safety.

Kahane, C. J. (1986, February). An evaluation of child passenger safety: The effectiveness and benefits of safety seats (Report No. DOT HS 806 890). National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/806890

Kahane, C. J. (2015, January). Lives saved by vehicle safety technologies and associated Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, 1960 to 2012–Passenger cars and LTVs–With reviews of 26 FMVSS and the effectiveness of their associated safety technologies in reducing fatalities, injuries, and crashes. (Report No. DOT HS 812 069). National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/812069

Klinich, K. D., Manary, M. A., & Weber, K. B. (2012). Crash protection for child passengers: rationale for best practice. UMTRI Research Review, 43, 1-35.

Kroeker, A. M., Teddy, A. J., & Macy, M. L. (2015). Car seat inspection among children older than 3 years: Using data to drive practice in child passenger safety. Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 79(3), S48-S54.

Kuhn, M., & Lam, J. (2008a, May). Increasing seat belt use among 8- to 15-year-olds: Volume I: Findings (Report No. DOT HS 810 965). National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. www.nhtsa.gov/DOT/NHTSA/Traffic%20Injury%20Control/Articles/Associated%20Files/810965.pdf

Kuhn, M., & Lam, J. (2008b, May). Increasing seat belt use among 8- to 15-year-olds: Volume II: Appendices (Report No. DOT HS 810 966). National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. www.nhtsa.gov/DOT/NHTSA/Traffic%20Injury%20Control/Articles/Associated%20Files/810966.pdf

Li, R., & Pickrell, T. (2018a, April, revised). Seat belt use in 2017—Overall results (Traffic Safety Facts Research Note. Report No. DOT HS 812 465). National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/812465

Li, R., & Pickrell, T. (2018b, September). The 2017 National Survey of the Use of Booster Seats (Report No. DOT HS 812 617). National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/812617

Li, R., & Pickrell, T. M. (2019, February). Occupant restraint use in 2017: Results from the NOPUS controlled intersection study (Report No. DOT HS 812 594). National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication­/812594

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MacKay, M., & Walker, L. (2017, September). Car seat tethers: Essential for safety but consistently overlooked. Safe Kids Worldwide. www.safekids.org/sites/default/files/study-tethers_2017_final-for_web.pdf

Macy, M. L., Brines, S., Klinich, K. D., Manary, M. A., Gebremariam, A., Teddy, A. J., & Bingham, C. R. (2016). Child passenger safety needs and resources in Michigan. Transportation Research Board. https://trid.trb.org/view/1470953

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Masten, S. (2007, March). The effects of changing to primary enforcement on daytime and nighttime seat belt use. Research note (Report No. DOT HS 810 743). National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. https://one.nhtsa.gov/people/injury/research/TSF/HS810743/810743.html ; PDF available at https://one.nhtsa.gov/people/injury/research/TSF/HS810743/810743.pdf

Milano, M., McInturff, B., & Nichols, J. L. (2004). The effect of earned and paid media strategies in high-visibility enforcement campaigns. Journal of Safety Research, 35, 203-214.

Mirman, J. H., Seifert, S. J., Metzger, K., Durbin, D. R., Arbogast, K. B., & Zonfrillo, M. R. (2017). Caregivers’ use of child passenger safety resources and quality of future child restraint system installations. Safety, 3(4), 24.

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Nichols, J. L., Chaffe, R., & Solomon, M. G. (2012, August). Impact of implementing a primary enforcement seat belt law in Florida: A case study (Report No. DOT HS 811 656). National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. www.nhtsa.gov/staticfiles/nti/pdf/811656.pdf

Nichols, J. L., Chaffe, R. H. B., & Solomon, M. G. (2016, October). More Cops More Stops: Evaluation of a combined enforcement program in Oklahoma and Tennessee (Report No. DOT HS 812 337). National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.dot.gov/files/documents/812337_morecopsmorestops.pdf

Nichols, J., Chaffe, R., Solomon, M., & Tison, J. (2016, January). The Click It or Ticket evaluation, 2013 (Traffic Safety Facts Research Note. Report No. DOT HS 812 238). National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. www.nhtsa.gov/staticfiles/nti/pdf/812238_RN-CIOT_2013_Evaluation.pdf

Nichols, J. L., Haire, E., Elliot, K., Solomon, M., & Preusser Research Group. (2018, July). Evaluation of teen seat belt demonstration projects in Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, and Texas (Report No. DOT HS 812 464). National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/36730

Nichols, J., Haire, E., Solomon, M., Ellison-Potter, P., & Cosgrove, L. (2011, July). Evaluation of teen seat belt demonstration projects in Colorado and Nevada (Report No. DOT HS 811 518). National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/1929

Nichols, J. L., & Ledingham, K. A. (2008). The impact of legislation, enforcement, and sanctions on safety belt use (NCHRP Report 601). Transportation Research Board. http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/nchrp/nchrp_rpt_601.pdf

Nichols, J. L., Ledingham, K. A., & Preusser, D. F. (2007, April). Effectiveness of the May 2005 rural demonstration program and the Click It or Ticket mobilization in the Great Lakes region: First year results (Report No. DOT HS 810 753). National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. www.nhtsa.dot.gov/buckleup/CIOT2005_effectiveness/images/810753l.pdf

Nichols, J. L., Solomon, M. G., Chaffe, R. H. B., & Preusser, D. F. (2010, May). Evaluation of a county enforcement program with a primary seat belt ordinance: St. Louis County, Missouri (Report No. DOT HS 811 292). National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/1901

Nichols, J. L., Tippetts, A. S., Fell, J. C., Auld-Owend, A., Wiliszowski, C. H., Haseltine, P. W., & Eichelberger, A. (2010, May). Strategies to increase seat belt use: An analysis of levels of fines and the type of law (Report No. DOT HS 811 413). National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. www.nhtsa.gov/staticfiles/nti/occupant_protection/pdf/811413.pdf

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Retting, R., Ballou, M., Sexton, T., Miller, R., Rothenberg, H., Kerns, T., & Johnson, A. (2018, April). Evaluation of nighttime seat belt enforcement demonstration program and identification of characteristics of unbelted high-risk drivers (Report No. DOT HS 812 474). National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.dot.gov/files/documents/13289_nightimeseatbeltreport_042018_v3a-tag.pdf

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Shults, R. A., Nichols, J. L., Dinh-Zarr, T. B., Sleet, D. A., & Elder, R. W. (2004). Effectiveness of primary enforcement safety belt laws and enhanced enforcement of safety belt laws: A summary of the guide to community preventive services systematic reviews. Journal of Safety Research, 35, 189-196.

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Solomon, M. G., Chaffe, R. H. B., & Cosgrove, L. A. (2007, May). May 2004 Click It or Ticket seat belt mobilization evaluation (Report No. DOT HS 810 716). National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/1771

Solomon M. G., Chaffe, R. H. B., & Preusser, D. F. (2009, August). Nighttime enforcement of seat belt laws: An evaluation of three community programs (Report No. DOT HS 811 189). National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/16741

Solomon, M. G., Chaudhary, N. K., & Cosgrove, L. A. (2004, March). May 2003 Click It or Ticket safety belt mobilization evaluation (Report No. DOT HS 809 694). National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/1717

Solomon, M. G., Compton, R. P., & Preusser, D. F. (2004). Taking the “Click It or Ticket model nationwide. Journal of Safety Research, 35, 197-201.

Solomon, M. G., Gilbert, S. H. Nichols, J., Chaffe, R. H. B., Tison, J., & Chaudhary, N. K. (2007, May). Evaluation of the May 2005 Click It or Ticket mobilization to increase seat belt use (Report No. DOT HS 810 778). National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. www.nhtsa.gov/DOT/NHTSA/Traffic%20Injury%20Control/Articles/Associated%20Files/2005CIOTReport.pdf

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