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Bicycle helmet campaigns and poverty

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Bicycle helmet campaigns increase helmet use but there is uncertainty about their effect on head injuries. During and after a campaign in Quebec, Canada (

) head injuries were reduced in children in both poor and more affluent communities.

The campaign took place in spring and summer during the years 1990 to 1993 and involved schools, police, community organisations, and retailers. It targeted 140 …

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