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Teye-Kwadjo, Enoch – Health Education Journal, 2017
Objectives: Injuries and mortality resulting from pedestrian road traffic crashes are a major public health problem in Ghana. This study investigated risk factors for road transport-related injury among pedestrians in rural Ghana. Design: Case study design using qualitative data. Method: In-depth interviews were conducted with pedestrians.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Traffic Safety, Motor Vehicles, Case Studies
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Akinyosoye, Adetokunbo Funmilayo – African Educational Research Journal, 2015
Language plays significant role in human relations and this language can be verbal and non-verbal. Among the forms of non-verbal communication are kinesics (the use of body signs), proxemics (the use of space) and the use of signs in communication. The appropriate and adequate interpretation of signs is expected to bring peace and harmony. There…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Traffic Safety, Signs, Indigenous Knowledge
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VanWagner, Michelle; Van Houten, Ron; Betts, Brian – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2011
In 2008, nearly 31% of vehicle fatalities were related to failure to adhere to safe vehicle speeds (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration [NHTSA], 2009). The current study evaluated the effect of a rectangular rapid-flashing beacon (RRFB) triggered by excessive speed on vehicle speed using a combined alternating treatments and reversal…
Descriptors: Traffic Safety, Motor Vehicles, Predictor Variables, Measurement Equipment
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Gielen, A. C.; McDonald, E. M.; Omaki, E.; Shields, W.; Case, J.; Aitken, M. – Health Education Research, 2015
Child passenger safety remains an important public health problem because motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for children, and the majority of children ride improperly restrained. Using a mobile app to communicate with parents about injury prevention offers promise but little information is available on how to create such a tool.…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Public Health, Handheld Devices, Child Safety
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Tilleczek, Kate C. – Youth & Society, 2011
The majority of deaths for contemporary young people are related to injuries sustained in motor vehicle accidents. Most prevention efforts targeted at addressing the issue are less than effective and do not address youth driving as a culture. This article presents findings from an ethnographic study that attempts to understand the ways in which…
Descriptors: Accidents, Ethnography, Young Adults, Motor Vehicles
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Domigan, Juliane; Glassman, Tavis J.; Miller, Jeff; Hug, Heather; Diehr, Aaron J. – Health Education, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper was to assess a health communication campaign designed to reduce distracted driving among college students within the USA. Design/methodology/approach: Utilizing central interviewing techniques, participants were asked qualitative and quantitative items soliciting feedback concerning the efficacy of the messages.…
Descriptors: Motor Vehicles, Traffic Safety, Generalization, Feedback (Response)
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Cardoos, Stephanie L.; Loya, Fred; Hinshaw, Stephen P. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2013
Our goal was to examine the role of adolescent perceived deviant peer affiliation in mediating or moderating the association between adolescent attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms and young adult driving risk in females with and without ADHD. The overall sample included 228 ethnically and socioeconomically diverse girls with…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Females, Adolescents, Peer Relationship
Johnson, Carla C., Ed.; Walton, Janet B., Ed.; Peters-Burton, Erin E., Ed. – NSTA Press, 2018
What if you could challenge your 12th graders to understand car crashes in the context of physical forces, manufacturing challenges, government safety standards, and individual rights? With this volume in the "STEM Road Map Curriculum Series," you can! "Car Crashes" outlines a journey that will steer your students toward…
Descriptors: STEM Education, High School Students, Physics, Mathematics Instruction
Clayton, Michael C.; Helms, Bridgett P. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2009
Seat belt use is an important factor in the prevention of automobile accidents involving injuries and fatalities. The current study used a multielement design to compare the "Click It or Ticket" and "Please Buckle Up--I Care" procedures. Results indicate that the Click It or Ticket prompt resulted in a 20-percentage-point increase in seat belt…
Descriptors: Accidents, Traffic Safety, Restraints (Vehicle Safety), College Students
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Alisic, Eva – School Psychology Quarterly, 2012
A considerable number of children are exposed to extreme stressors such as the sudden loss of a loved one, serious traffic accidents, violence, and disaster. In order to facilitate school psychologists' assistance of teachers working with traumatized children, this study aimed to explore elementary school teachers' perspectives. Using a…
Descriptors: Accidents, Traffic Safety, School Psychologists, Teaching Experience
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Turner, James; Bauerle, Jennifer; Keller, Adrienne – Journal of American College Health, 2011
Objective: Determine rate of college student alcohol-related vehicular traffic fatalities in Virginia during 2007. Participants: Undergraduates at colleges and universities in Virginia. Methods: Institutions with membership in the American College Health Association were invited to participate in a survey. Data collected from institutional reports…
Descriptors: Accidents, Undergraduate Students, Traffic Safety, Motor Vehicles
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2012
The percentage of teens in high school who drink and drive has decreased by more than half since 1991, but more can be done. Nearly one million high school teens drank alcohol and got behind the wheel in 2011. Teen drivers are 3 times more likely than more experienced drivers to be in a fatal crash. Drinking any alcohol greatly increases this risk…
Descriptors: High School Students, Adolescents, Motor Vehicles, Traffic Safety
Eidelman, James Andrew – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of the proposed study was to determine whether there is a correlation between attitudes toward the use of handheld cellular telephone devices while driving and the use of such devices while driving, with particular interest in the role of gender, age, marital status, parental status, age of children, having a disability, level of…
Descriptors: Traffic Safety, Motor Vehicles, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
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Lovenheim, Michael F.; Steefel, Daniel P. – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2011
This paper analyzes the effect of state-level Sunday alcohol sales restrictions ("blue laws") on fatal vehicle accidents, which is an important parameter in assessing the desirability of these laws. Using a panel data set of all fatal vehicle accidents in the U.S. between 1990 and 2009 combined with 15 state repeals of blue laws, we show that…
Descriptors: Accidents, Public Health, Drinking, Laws
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Rassool, Sara B.; Nel, Pieter W. – Death Studies, 2012
Accidentally killing or feeling responsible for another person's death constitutes an event that is different from many typical traumatic stressors in that the responsibility for causing the trauma is located in the person themselves, rather than another person or persons. Research exploring the perspective of those who have accidentally caused a…
Descriptors: Accidents, Traffic Safety, Death, Psychological Patterns
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