Prompting Patron Safety Belt Use At A Supermarket/
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منابع مشابه
Prompting safety-belt use in the context of a belt-use law: the flash-for life revisited.
PROBLEM Safety-belt use reduces motor vehicle crash-related morbidity and mortality, yet an estimated 18% of drivers do not consistently buckle up (NHTSA, 2005). In 1985, Geller and colleagues developed an interpersonal Flash-for-Life prompt that increased belt use among 22% of 1,087 unbuckled drivers (Geller, Bruff, & Nimmer, 1985). METHOD The Flash-for-Life intervention was re-introduced at...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0021-8855
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.1997.30-577