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Barriers to life jacket use among adult recreational boaters D Alex Quistberg,1,2 Linda Quan,1,2,3 Beth E Ebel,1,2,3,4 Elizabeth E Bennett,3 Beth A Mueller1,4,5 1

Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA 2 Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA 3 Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, Washington, USA 4 Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA 5 Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA Correspondence to Dr D Alex Quistberg, Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center, 325 Ninth Ave, Box 359960, Seattle, WA 98104–2499, USA; [email protected] Received 18 July 2013 Revised 19 December 2013 Accepted 3 March 2014 Published Online First 31 March 2014

ABSTRACT Objective To identify barriers to life jacket use. Design Cross-sectional survey. Setting Nine public boat ramps in western Washington State, USA, August–November, 2008. Participants 675 adult boaters (>18 years) on motor boats