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Drive Alive: Teen Seat Belt Survey Program [PDF]

open access: yesWestern Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2010
Objective: To increase teen seat belt use among drivers at a rural high school by implementing the Drive Alive Pilot Program (DAPP), a theory-driven intervention built on highway safety best practices.Methods: The first component of the program was 20 ...
Loftin, Laurel   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Seat belt use behavior among teen students: The role of their demographic characteristics and family members' behaviors

open access: yesArchives of Trauma Research, 2021
Background and Objectives: The lack of seat belt use is considered as one of the most common behavioral factors encountering the life of a driver or an occupant to traffic injury risk.
Forouzan Rezapur-Shahkolai   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Reluctance of taxi drivers to use seat belts. Observed and self-reported behavior in Argentine.

open access: yesAvances en Psicología Latinoamericana, 2023
Although taxi drivers are more exposed to traffic crashes, they usually exhibit riskier behaviors and more negative attitudes toward road safety. For example, previous research suggests that they are particularly reluctant to wear seat belts.
Jeremías David Tosi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Seat belt use among rear passengers: validity of self-reported versus observational measures

open access: yesBMC 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
doaj   +1 more source

Seat-belt use and associated factors among drivers and front passengers in the metropolitan city of Peshawar, Pakistan: A cross sectional study.

open access: yesCritical 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
doaj   +1 more source

Pattern of seat belt use by drivers in Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies

open access: yesBMC 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
doaj   +1 more source

Use of seat belts among public transport drivers in Tacna, Peru: Prevalence and risk factors.

open access: yesPLoS 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
doaj   +1 more source

Predicting Police Officer Seat Belt Use: Evidence-Based Solutions to Improve Officer Driving Safety

open access: yes, 2020
One of the hidden dangers of police work is self-imposed—the failure to wear seat belts. Unfortunately, little evidence exists concerning the factors that account for why officers do not wear their seat belts.
Rojek, J   +3 more
core   +1 more source

A VR-Enhanced Rollover Car Simulator and Edutainment Application for Increasing Seat Belt Use Awareness

open access: yesComputers, 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
doaj   +1 more source

MACRO MODEL OF SEAT BELT USE BY CAR DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS [PDF]

open access: yesTransport 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
doaj  

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