ninety percent of road traffic deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries, which claim less than half the world's registered vehicle fleet. iran and georgia have a strategic position in the region and as a bridge connect europe to asia. almost all over the world countries are planning and implementing solutions to stop tsunami of road accidents. in this paper the main challenges of r...

Safety maneuvers are defined as strategies people use to manage or avoid their perceived threats. The present study presents the development of the Texas Safety Maneuver Scale (TSMS), an instrument that assesses the pattern and extent of use of safety maneuvers in formerly treated panic patients. Ex-patients (Nˆ 105), who had completed cognitive behavioral treatment at the Anxiety Disorders Lab...

OBJECTIVE To assess which client events should be considered reportable and preventable in home care (HC) settings in the opinion of HC safety experts. BACKGROUND Patient safety in acute care settings has been well documented; however, there are limited data about this issue in HC. While many organizations collect information about 'incidents', there are no standards for reporting and it is c...

antibacterial drugs used in animal might result in deposition of residues in meat, milk and eggs. the presence of antimicrobial residues in animal-originated food is critical problem in many countries over the years. because, drug residues might result in various health hazards, both actual incidence of reactions and potential hazards perceived by the public, the most countries assess residue o...

BACKGROUND Although research has shown that numerous perceived environmental factors are supportive of physical activity, little is known about their associations with sedentary transport in motorcycle-oriented countries. This study examined the association between perceptions of Taiwan's environmental factors and urban adults' motorcycle use. METHODS Cross-sectional data from 1003 Taiwanese ...

This study investigated the relationships between organizational justice, organizational safety climate, job satisfaction, safety compliance and accident frequency. Ghanaian industrial workers participated in the study (N = 320). Safety climate and justice perceptions were assessed with Hayes, Parender, Smecko, et al.'s (1998) and Blader and Tyler's (2003) scales respectively. A median split wa...

AIM To identify aged care specific work health and safety management issues by applying James Reason's safety culture theory to one residential aged care provider in Australia. METHODS Qualitative, semi-structured interviews with frontline care staff at three residential care facilities - all operated by the same provider - garnered employee perceptions of the safety culture and aged care spe...

Cybersex (engaging in sexual self-stimulation while online with another person) and meeting partners for sex are commonly reported among men who have Internet sex with men (MISM). We studied 1,026 Latino MISM in the US and constructed a scale to measure beliefs about cybersex. Respondents were recruited to an online Internet study and compensated for their effort. Factor analysis indicated that...

Preconceived notions can affect the job performance of community service recruits. In this investigation, the knowledge and perception of relative safety of recruits being trained to patrol central Philadelphia are compared with actual locations and safety levels of these neighborhoods to determine which communities were not perceived accurately. Results demonstrate that knowledge of the area d...