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KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE, AND PRACTICE TOWARDS CHILDREN'S CAR SAFETY SEAT AMONG FEMALE TEACHERS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN TAIF CITY, KSA, 2021 ‏

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This study aimed to explore the knowledge, attitude, and practice of using children car seats among female teachers in Taif, KSA, as well as to associate sociodemographic data with the use of children car seats. Methodology: An analytic cross-sectional study for determination of knowledge, attitude, and practice towards children car safety seat smong female teachers in Secondary Schools in Taif City, KSA. The data was collected using a pre-designed self-administered questionnaire and analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) 26. Results: The study included 267 females working as teachers (93.3%), or leaders (4.5%), or leader assistants (2.2%) in secondary schools in Taif, KSA. The majority of participants were aged more than 35 years (68.5%), married (59.2%), have university education (100%), work as a teacher (93.3%). The study found that there was a significant association between safety seat usage and age (P = 0.003), number of offspring (P = 0.000), occupation as being teacher was associated with more use of safety seat than school leader or leader assistant (P = 0.017), average family monthly income (P = 0.004), using a large (family) car was in comparison to small car (P = 0.000), and use of seatbelt (P = 0.000). Moreover, the study found that using CSS during RTA was significantly associated with lower severity of injury to the children involved (P = 0.000). Conclusion: Using children safety seat was associated with less severity of injury and it was more practiced by the younger participants with higher average monthly income, who also use seatbelts in front seats. We recommend more emphases to be implemented to reduce the casualties resulting from road traffic accidents involving children by increasing awareness of age-appropriate safety seat use.

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