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Seat belt use among rear passengers: validity of self-reported versus observational measures
BMC Public Health, 2008 Background The effects of seat belt laws and public education campaigns on seat belt use are assessed on the basis of observational or self-reported data on seat belt use.
Schievano Elena +5 more
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Critical Care Innovations, 2020 INTRODUCTION: Road traffic accidents is a major public health problem with an estimate to become the ninth leading cause of death worldwide. Pakistan yearly spends around 100 billion rupees on injuries and ranks 5th due to the fatality associated with ...
Abdul Khaliq +7 more
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Pattern of seat belt use by drivers in Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies
BMC Research Notes, 2011 Background In Trinidad and Tobago, the law on the mandatory use of seat belts was passed in 1995, but this law is hardly enforced. The objective of this study was to determine the frequency and predictors of seat belt use by motor vehicle drivers in the ...
Odekunle Abayomi +2 more
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Use of seat belts among public transport drivers in Tacna, Peru: Prevalence and risk factors.
PLoS ONE, 2021 IntroductionThere are individuals who still refuse to wear seat belts, despite its effectiveness in reducing morbidity and mortality in road traffic accidents. We aimed to determine the prevalence and risk factors according to the use of seat belts among
Armando Miñan-Tapia +6 more
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Computers, 2021 Most countries have active road safety policies that seek the objective of reducing deaths in traffic accidents. One of the main factors in this regard is the awareness of the safety measures, one of the most important being the correct usage of the seat
José V. Riera +3 more
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International survey of seat belt use exemptions [PDF]
Injury Prevention, 2006 Background:Substantial evidence of seatbelt efficacy has been shown by several studies, and it is widely recommended that motor vehicle occupants use properly fitted seat belts. However, some (but a heretofore unknown number of) countries with national seat belt laws permit various exemptions which may lower use rates.
H, Weiss +3 more
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Drivers' unsafe behaviors in Iran: An investigation in West Azerbaijan
Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 BackgroundThe present study aims to investigate one of the major causes of traffic accidents: drivers' unsafe behaviors while driving.MethodsIn this cross-sectional study, the behaviors of 946 drivers at traffic lights were observed in the morning, at ...
Fatemeh Bakhtari Aghdam +7 more
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Association between road safety habits and risky health behaviours in Latvian adult population [PDF]
SHS Web of Conferences, 2022 The study examined the road safety habits of the adult population of Latvia in relation to risky health behaviours (smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, no regular health check-ups at the family doctor).
Bukova-Zideluna Aija +2 more
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MACRO MODEL OF SEAT BELT USE BY CAR DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS [PDF]
Transport Problems, 2013 The article presents some problems of seat belt use by car drivers and passengers. It looks in particular at seat belt use and effectiveness in selected countries. Next, factors of seat belt use are presented and methodology of model development. A macro
Kazimierz JAMROZ
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Zhongguo gonggong weisheng, 2023 ObjectiveTo examine car passenger safety behaviors and its associates among preschool children in a district of Beijing. MethodsUsing stratified cluster sampling and a self-designed questionnaire, we conducted an online anonymous survey among parents of ...
Chao HE +6 more
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