جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه "safety belt" در نشریات گروه "پزشکی"

Objective (s): Iran is among countries with high road traffic accidents. The use of safety belts is known as the most effective in preventing severity of injuries and deaths caused by road accidents. However, many drivers do not wear seat belts while driving. To encourage drivers to use seat belts, providing appropriate messages based on scientific theories is very important. The purpose of this study was to use the extended parallel process model (EPPM) in developing an effective educational program to promote safety belt use among drivers in Tehran, Iran. This was a quasi-experimental study and conducted on drivers who were stopped by police officer because of driving without using seat belts. The site and participants of survey were selected by multistage random sampling. The message and educational intervention was developed after analyzing pre-test results. Among all 209 drivers, 80.4 percent were male and the mean age of participants was 41 (SD =1.3) years. Measuring the Risk Behavior Diagnosis Scale, based on EPPM, the findings showed that drivers were in fear control position indicating that they had a lower level of perceived efficacy comapired to perceived threat. Multiple regression analysis before educational intervention showed that perceived susceptibility and perceived self-efficacy were predictors of self-reporting use of seat belt among drivers (R2=0.38, P< 0.05(. After intervention, participants were moved to danger control position indicationg that they were in a position to adopt protective behavior. Self-reporting seat belt wearing increased about 24% after intervention. The findings suggest that focusing on messages with high efficacy contents; can promote seat belt wearing among drivers.

More than 50% of road fatalities occur in the 15 to 44-years old which are the young and active group of the society. One of the effective ways to reduce road accidents is using safety belts. In this study the rate of seat belt use and its associated factors have been estimated in the 15 to 44-years old of Kerman. This study was a cross-sectional descriptive and analytical study performed in 2012 and on 506, 15 to 44 years old people visiting the pre-marriage consulting center in Kerman. Sampling was done by convenient sampling. Data was analyzed by SPSS 16 and by using logistic regression. The rate of seat belt use was estimated to be %54.4. People who owned private vehicles used safety belts more than non-owners (P< 0.001). Participants claimed that their own safety and preventing injury was the most important reason (59.1%) for using safety belts and forgetting due to mind occupation (33%) were the most important reasons for not using safety belts. Despite the high incidence of road accidents in Iran and despite years passed the first compulsory safety belt regulation, the rate of safety belt use among the society and especially the youth (which are a high percent of the population) is still lower than other countries. These results emphasize the importance of implementing initiatives in this regard.

To estimate the rate of safety belt use and its related factors among the car drivers of Kerman، Iran.

This was a cross-sectional study carried out in Kerman، Iran. Data were collected by observation and were recorded by two researchers in terms of safety belt use.

In all 10،309 drivers were screened. Of these، 5483 derivers (53. 19%) used their safety belt. Safety belts were significantly used by women more than men (P<0. 001). There was no significant difference between different age groups (p=0. 138). The use of safety belts was significantly higher in the city center (P<0. 001) and higher in the morning hours compared to the afternoon (P<0. 001).

Although safety belt use is compulsory by law، the rate of safety belt use is still low in Kerman، Iran. In order to increase the rate of safety belt use tougher regulations and intense public education is suggested.