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Here is the abstract from the new AAP journal article on RFing

In case anyone is interested, here is the actual abstract from today's new AAP journal article about the new RFing recs. The article was published in today's journal, but I don't think it's been released in its entirety for the public. My DH (who is a doctor) forwarded me the entire PDF. I don't know when or if it will be available on their website.  I'd post the entire article, but it has graphs and charts and won't copy and paste well.

abstract

Child passenger safety has dramatically evolved over the past decade;

however, motor vehicle crashes continue to be the leading

cause of death of children 4 years and older. This policy statement

provides 4 evidence-based recommendations for best practices in

the choice of a child restraint system to optimize safety in passenger

vehicles for children from birth through adolescence: (1) rearfacing

car safety seats for most infants up to 2 years of age; (2)

forward-facing car safety seats for most children through 4 years

of age; (3) belt-positioning booster seats for most children through

8 years of age; and (4) lap-and-shoulder seat belts for all who have

outgrown booster seats. In addition, a fifth evidence-based recommendation

is for all children younger than 13 years to ride in the

rear seats of vehicles. It is important to note that every transition is

associated with some decrease in protection; therefore, parents

should be encouraged to delay these transitions for as long as

possible. These recommendations are presented in the form of an

algorithm that is intended to facilitate implementation of the recommendations

by pediatricians to their patients and families and

should cover most situations that pediatricians will encounter in

practice. The American Academy of Pediatrics urges all pediatricians

to know and promote these recommendations as part of child

passenger safety anticipatory guidance at every health-supervision

visit. Pediatrics 2011;127:788?793

 

Improved vehicle crashworthiness and greater use of child restraint

systems have significantly affected the safety of children in automobiles.

Major shifts in child restraint use, particularly the use of booster

seats among older children, have occurred in response to public education

programs and enhancements to child restraint laws in nearly

every state.1?3 In addition, there has been a substantial increase in

scientific evidence on which to base recommendations for best practices

in child passenger safety. Current estimates of child restraint

effectiveness indicate that child safety seats reduce the risk of injury

by 71% to 82%4,5 and reduce the risk of death by 28% when compared

with those for children of similar ages in seat belts.6 Booster seats

reduce the risk of nonfatal injury among 4- to 8-year-olds by 45%

compared with seat belts.7 Despite this progress, approximately

1500 children younger than 16 years die in motor vehicle crashes

each year in the United States, nearly half of whom were completely

unrestrained.8

 

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) strongly supports optimal safety for children and adolescents of all ages during all forms of travel. 

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Re: Here is the abstract from the new AAP journal article on RFing

  • Thanks for this.  I'm going to give it to DH who is chomping at the bit to FF DS on his 1st birthday so he can "see us" and "not get dizzy from riding backwards".  This has been a major argument of ours lately. 
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    Thanks for this.  I'm going to give it to DH who is chomping at the bit to FF DS on his 1st birthday so he can "see us" and "not get dizzy from riding backwards".  This has been a major argument of ours lately. 

    Pull up some of the Youtube videos and make him watch - he'll be singing a different tune. The 'convenience' is just not worth it IMO.

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