Public Health approaches to improved road safety
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o3: importance of road safety on public health
roads are crucial to our everyday lives as we use them by driving, riding, walking or travelling as a pedestrian. worldwide, more than 1.2 million people are killed on roads every year and up to 50 million more are injured; with most casualties from developing countries. in addition to different disabilities, road.accidents cause extensive psychological disorders and grief, and occasionally e...
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From a public health perspective, road safety education and training seem to be largely ineffective. There is little scientific evidence to suggest that they contribute to reduced risk, injury or fatality among those targeted. Some programs do influence road user behaviour and reduce the crash risk and/or injury of road users but these appear to be in the minority. Education and training progra...
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lobally, 1.24 million people succumb to road traffic accidents (RTA) every year, 92% of which have been reported from low and middle-income countries.1 It raises further concerns as almost 60% of the victims are from 15-44 years age group.1 Realizing the public health concern, the current decade 2011-2020 has been declared as the Decade of Action for road safety, with a goal of first stabilizin...
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Air quality has improved in many countries, including the United States, during the past few decades.1,2 Importantly, these gains have translated into observable health benefits. Reductions in fine particulate matter (PM) have significantly contributed to the increase in life expectancy in the United States since the 1980s.2 However, the burden of adverse health effects caused by high levels of...
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عنوان ژورنال: New South Wales Public Health Bulletin
سال: 1992
ISSN: 1034-7674
DOI: 10.1071/nb92061