ZZVA-SEATBELT EDUCATION (39)    REMINDER DEFINITION (811.9)

Seat belt education given yearly to all patients.
    Target Group: General Outpatient population.
 
    Recommendation: All patients should be urged to use seatbelts in
    automobiles, wear helmets when riding bicycles or motorcycles, and to
    refrain from driving after drinking.
 
    Goal for FY 2000: 85% of Veterans report regular use of seatbelts in
    automobiles. 80% of motorcyclists and 50% of bicyclists report use of
    helmets. 50% of primary care providers routinely provide
    age-appropriate counseling on safety precautions to prevent
 
    unintentional injury.
This reminder is based on guidelines defined by the Ambulatory Care Expert
Panel and is further supported by the "Seatbelt Use and Accident Avoidance
Counseling" guideline specified in the "Guidelines for Health Promotion
and Disease Prevention", M-2, Part IV, Chapter 9.
 
    Target Condition: Motor vehicle associated injuries.
 

• FINDING ITEM:   VA-SEAT BELT USE
  NO. OF FOUND TEXT LINES:   0
  NO. NOT FOUND TEXT LINES:   0
  USE IN RESOLUTION LOGIC:   OR
• FINDING ITEM:   VA-SEAT BELT USE SCREENING
  NO. OF FOUND TEXT LINES:   0
  NO. NOT FOUND TEXT LINES:   0
  USE IN RESOLUTION LOGIC:   OR
• FINDING ITEM:   ZZVA-SAFETY COUNSELING
  NO. OF FOUND TEXT LINES:   0
  NO. NOT FOUND TEXT LINES:   0
  USE IN RESOLUTION LOGIC:   OR
• FINDING ITEM:   INACTIVATE SEATBELT SCREEN
  NO. OF FOUND TEXT LINES:   0
  NO. NOT FOUND TEXT LINES:   0
  REMINDER FREQUENCY:   0Y
  USE IN PATIENT COHORT LOGIC:   AND NOT
• FINDING ITEM:   ACTIVATE SEATBELT SCREEN
  NO. OF FOUND TEXT LINES:   0
  NO. NOT FOUND TEXT LINES:   0

If this reminder is not going to be used at your facility, the INACTIVE
them to use.  If local modifications need to be made, copy the preferred
reminder to a new reminder and make your reminder modifications.
 
It may be useful to add Health Factors that indicate whether the patient
is still driving, rides motorcycles, or rides bicycles for local site use.
This would involve adding new Health Factors to the Health Factor file
(#9999999.64) and then adding the Health Factors to a local site
definition of the seat belt reminder.
FLAG should be set to inactive.
 
The VA-SEAT BELT EDUCATION" reminder is a variation of the "VA-SEAT BELT
AND ACCIDENT SCREEN" reminder.  The VA-SEAT BELT EDUCATION" reminder is
recommended by the Ambulatory Care EP to check for seat belt use education
given to the patient, in addition to the screening.
 
Please review both of these related reminder definitions, choose one of

• REMINDER FREQUENCY:   1Y
  AGE MATCH TEXT:   

  Seat belt education due yearly for all ages.
  

  NO. OF AGE MATCH LINES:   1
  NO. OF AGE NO MATCH LINES:   0