A Call to Action: Addressing Socioeconomic Disparities in Childhood Unintentional Injury Risk.

Maya arrives at the clinic after a long bus ride with her infant and toddler. When the pediatrician asks about childcare, Maya explains that her aunt babysits while Maya works. Maya does not own a car, but her aunt sometimes drives the children in her car, which is not equipped with car seats. Maya is unable to afford them and is reluctant to ask her aunt to purchase them, fearful of seeming unappreciative. The pediatrician offers Maya an infant car seat and a booster seat from the clinic’s supply, but Maya pictures herself, hands full with an inquisitive toddler and a fussy infant on the bus, and declines.