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Child Car Seats

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STUDY TO EXPLORE THE USE OF CHILD CAR SEATS

Are you about to purchase a new child car seat?

Join our study and get $100 cash back

 

What is the study?

The child car seat study is a research study looking at the factors that help or hinder proper child car seat use.

We are interested in the use of information sources about the correct use of child car seats. We are hoping that the study will help reduce the level of incorrect use of child seats and thereby reduce the risk of injury to children in the event of a crash.

The findings from the study will help us develop the best possible set of informational materials so that all children in Australia using car seats, such as the one you are planning to purchase, can travel as safely as possible.

The car seats we’re studying

Britax Safe-n-Sound Compaq

Britax Safe-n-Sound Maxi Guard PRO

Are you eligible?

  • Are you over 18 years old?
  • Live within a 2-hour drive of Sydney’s CBD?
  • Do you have a current driver’s license?
  • Do you own a car?
  • Are you a parent or other primary carer of a child who will use the new car seat?
  • Are you interested in purchasing one of the above car seats (through our study)?

If you answered yes to the above we’d love you to take part in our study.

Whether or not you have experience with using child seats, we would love you to be involved.

*Please note: car seats must be purchased through our research team once you have registered for the study

What’s involved?

This information sheet provides more details about what is involved.

In a nutshell, if you participate, you will purchase the car seat online through a secure encrypted external commercial payment website (E-way). The prices of the two car seats match the lowest available online prices, for the respective seats, at the commencement of the study.

If you find a lower price online and send us a current link to it, we will endeavour to match this price.

After we have been notified of your payment, NeuRA will have the car seat delivered to you, along with some additional study materials, within 5 days.

Your payment details will not be made available to NeuRA or any party other than the payment website.

The study materials that you will receive with your child car seat are additional to what is normally included with the manufacturer’s instructions. They are compiled by experts in child safety. There are two sets of materials, focusing on different aspects of information about car seat use. You will be randomly assigned to receive one set of materials or the other. At the conclusion of the study you will have access to the information received by the other group.

After six months we’ll check in with you at your place and:

  1. Check the child car seat in your car
  2. Ask you to respond to a questionnaire
  3. An optional additional component is the installation of a small in-vehicle camera for 24-hours to capture information about how the car seat is used over time. If you choose to take part in this, we will be able to provide you with information about whether there are any improvements that can be made to how the car seat is used for optimal safety. You are free to take part in the study and not take part in this aspect. When we contact you to make the home visit appointment, you can tell us whether or not you would like to have the camera installed (see Information Sheet for details on what happens to this information and how your privacy and that of your child’s will be protected)
  4.  That’s it! After the home visit, we will notify EWay, and they will refund $100to the account or credit card you used to purchase the car seat.

 

Register for the study now

To register to take part in this study, or just to find out more about it, you can do any of the following:

  1. Call a member of our research team on 9399 1234
  2. Text “car seat study” to 0488 824611 and we will call you
  3. Email child-safety-study@neura.edu.au

Contact

Name Catherine Ho
Position  Research Assistant
Phone 93991234
Email c.ho@neura.edu.au

 

Who are we?

Neuroscience Research Australia is one of the largest research institutes in Australia dedicated to the study of the brain and nervous system.

We have an international reputation for research excellence.

Areas of research include:

  • injury prevention
  • mental illness (e.g. schizophrenia, autism etc)
  • ageing and neurodegeneration (e.g. dementia)
  • sensation, movement, balance and falls
  • brain structure and function
  • neural injury

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The project is funded by the National Health & Medical Research Council. Partners in this study are:
  • Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA)
  • University of New South Wales
  • Monash University
  • The George Institute for Global Health

 

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