CALIFORNIA’S
CAR SEATS
ARE
KID STUFF!
A Step-By-Step Guide to Designing,
Implementing, and Evaluating Successful
Car Seat Projects
A PUBLICATION OF
The California Department of Health Services
Epidemiology and Prevention for Injury Control
Branch
Vehicle Occupant Safety Program
The State and Territorial Injury Prevention
Directors’ Association (STIPDA)
FUNDED BY
The California Office of Traffic Safety
Through
The Business, Transportation and Housing Agency
The National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA)
EDITED BY
The California Child Passenger Safety
Materials Review Committee
SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The California Department of Health Services
wishes to profoundly thank and give special
acknowledgement to the State and Territorial
Injury Prevention Directors’ Association for
granting permission to utilize their national Car
Seats Are Kid Stuff! document as the foundation
for this document.
CONTRIBUTING SERVICES
The State and Territorial Injury Prevention Director’s Association
national version of Car Seats Are Kid Stuff! was developed by Ronda
James, edited by Sue Mallonee, R.N., M.P.H., with contributions from
Jeff Simon, Shelli Stephens Stidham, Cheryl Neverman, David
Lawrence, Kerry Chausmer, and Lynn Gibbs.
Special Thanks for Information and Inspiration
Provided by:
CALIFORNIA:
California Local Health Departments’
Child Passenger Safety Coordinators
California Child Passenger Safety Materials
Review Committee
NATIONAL:
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
National SAFE KIDS Campaign
New York State Department of Health
Injury Control Program
Oklahoma State Department of Health
Injury Prevention Service
American Academy of Pediatrics
SafetyBeltSafe, USA
Nancy Kinman
Rusty and Gunnar James
For more information, contact:
California Department of Health Services
Division of Chronic Disease & Injury Control
Vehicle Occupant Safety Program
611 North 7th Street,