Car Seat Observation Report

In order for us to get as good as a representation quarterly car seat observations are conducted of the population we split the chapters between the five people in the office and send them to a local grocery store and observe the mothers to see if car seats are used and if they are used properly. The population for children fourteen years of age and under in the Ft. Defiance service unit is 6,463. Based in the formula (3% of the population observed) to at the area meetings our observations for car seat use is 194 observations. The Chapters our team focused on were Charlene Nelson and Yolanda Williams on the Ft. Defiance and Sawmill, Elvina Clark Joe and Lindsey Heavey, on St. Michaels, and Oak/Pine Springs, Yolanda on Red Lake and Crystal, and Woody Begay on Kinlichee, Ganado, and Corn fields.
defiance and Saw Mill the population is 1845 (32%) and we want to observe 62 children, locations include TMC hospital, Office of Dine and Youth, Little Miss Muffet, and Fort Defiance early Childcare. For the St. Michaels and Oak/Pine Springs the population is 1564 (27%) and we want to observe 53 children, locations include Karigan, Bashas, McDonalds, and Lowes. For the Red Lake and Crystal the population is 863 (16%) and we want to observe 31 children, locations include Navajo Pine and Little Folks. Lastly, Kinlichee, Ganado, Cornfields the population is 1348 (25%) and we want to observe 48 children, locations include Sage Day Care, Ganado P.O. and Mora’s Burnside.
Protocol for the car seat survey states that you most position yourself to achier proper vantage point to allow visual of children in vehicles. When we observe we must collect data on any infant, toddler and child between the ages of 6-12 and record if they are restrained or not restrained, if observation is blocked due to glare or tinted windows, do not count. One must record date, time, and location of