Tips on Using this Promotional Planner in Spanish
The intent of the Child Passenger Safety planner in Spanish is to provide marketing material tools and templates on this promotional program that you can tailor and distribute to fit the needs of your local Hispanic community when partnering with other states, communities and organizations all across the country.

An expectant mother should always wear a safety belt to protect herself and her unborn child, wear the lap belt across her hips and below her belly with the shoulder belt across her chest.

As children grow, how they need to be secured in a car, truck, van or SUV changes. For maximum child passenger safety, parents and caregivers simply need to remember and follow the 4 steps for kids.

This year with the National Child Passenger Safety Week we want to remind parents to use a children safety seat in the back of their vehicles, restrained properly and in accordance with their size and age. The National Seat Check Sunday will take place on February 11, 2007 to educate parents and ensure that all children seats are installed properly.

This planner includes social norming messages in the form of earned media and creative pieces to fit your campaign needs. It is imperative that Spanish-Dominant Latino caretakers of children are educated on the need to install booster seats when their child outgrows a car seat. Many parents are unaware of booster seats perhaps because they did not use one when they were children, because their friends do not use them for their own children, or because it was not compulsory to use them in their native countries. They are also unaware of the height requirement of 4'9” for a child passenger to be adequately protected by a safety belt—that children shorter than 4'9” seated only with a safety belt are at risk for grave injuries in a crash.

The earned media pieces — found on the English planner on this site — have all been culturally adapted and translated into Spanish. The copy on all posters below has been translated to English for your knowledge. Please find more information about the Hispanic population in your area by visiting www.census.gov .

The core Hispanic target for this planner is caretakers of small children, recent immigrant/newly arrived, or non-acculturated into the American mainstream. The best way to reach this target is through their community-based organizations, health care organizations, churches and day care centers. With language as a barrier, as well as a mistrust of authority, the best way to ensure that your message is reaching them is to always connect with them where they live, work, play, and pray.


Thought Starters for Promotional Activities
Earned Media Materials

News Release

  Word Document (Spanish)   PDF Document (Spanish)

Letter to the editor

  Word Document (Spanish)   PDF Document (Spanish)

Op-Ed article

  Word Document (Spanish)  PDF Document (Spanish)

Fact Sheet

  Word Document (Spanish)   PDF Document (Spanish)

Proclamation

  Word Document (Spanish)   PDF Document (Spanish)
Creative Materials in Spanish
Posters for parents
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Introducing the seat for champions
Did you know that only champions that are 4’9” or less sit in this seat?
If your kids are less than 4’9”, make sure they always travel in the back seat of your car and in a booster seat or the appropriate children seat.
Don’t take risks. Protect your champion the way that he deserves it.

Posters for parents
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Introducing the throne for princesses
Did you know that only princesses that are 4’9” or less sit in this seat?
If your kids are less than 4’9”, make sure they always travel in the back seat of your car and in a booster seat or the appropriate children seat.
Don’t take risks. Protect your princess the way that she deserves it.

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No one prepares us to be parents
But There Is Someone That Prepares and Teaches You To Protect Your Children When They Travel in Your Car.
Always count on the support of the Child Passenger Safety Technicians and Inspection Stations.
Don’t take risks. For more information visit www.seatcheck.org or call 1 877 366 8154.

Posters for grandparents
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She has the recipe for everything
And also the recipe for her grandkids to travel safe in the back seat of her car, in a booster seat or the appropriate children seat. Don’t take risks. Protect them as grandparents know.

Posters for grandparents
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You always want the best for them…
If your grandkids are less than 4’9”, make sure they always travel in the back seat of your car and in a booster seat or the appropriate children seat.
Don’t take risks. Protect them as grandparents know.

4 Steps Card
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This two-sided card/handout illustrates the 4-Steps chart to show proper child restraint at different stages of development on the front and carries the message of “Living Happily Ever After” to readers. The rear of the card lists the 4-Steps of proper restraint. This card is best suited for handout at events, schools, retail outlets and other initiatives/venues that would allow for it to be distributed to parents.