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Road Safety Perceptions and Practices among Undergraduate Medical Students
BACKGROUND The global epidemic of road traffic injuries is on the rise in most regions of the world, ranking as the 8th leading cause of death globally, and bringing about 1.35 million deaths every year, most which are among the 5-29 years age group. Researchers across the globe have identified a glaring gap between the knowledge and the practices of road safety among young adults, with focus on students with commute as a part of their daily routine. OBJECTIVES 1. To assess the knowledge, attitudes and practices of undergraduate medical students towards road safety. 2. To evaluate the factors associated with exposure to RTAs among undergraduate medical students. MATERIALS AND METHODS This was a cross-sectional study was conducted among a purposive sample of 525 undergraduate medical students, studying from first year to final year MBBS, at EISC Medical College, Sanathnagar. Data was obtained on the sociodemographic profiles as we as the knowledge, attitudes and practices of these st...
Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine, 2020
Road traffic injury is a growing public health concern that has already caught the attention of governments and health professionals worldwide. The objectives of this study were to determine the knowledge and attitude toward road traffic regulations of medical students of the University of the Philippines-College of Medicine (UPCM) and their association with road safety practices. This was a cross-sectional study conducted in 2016 among UPCM medical students. Questionnaire was developed based on national laws on traffic and adopted from related literature. Data were analyzed using T-test and chi-square at 95% confidence interval utilizing software STATA V12. Among the 156 drivers who were included in the study, 89(57.05%) were men, mean age= 22.31 + 1.94, and 85 (54.49%) were involved in road traffic crash. Low overall safe driving knowledge, attitude and practices were reported while knowledge and attitude did not correlate with practice (p> 0.005). Being older was the only demo...
Perception and Practice of Road Safety among Medical Students, Mansoura, Egypt
Objectives: To assess the knowledge and attitude of medical students towards road safety and to determine their driving behavior and its relation to different related factors. Methods: This cross-sectional study involved 480 medical students at Mansoura University, Egypt. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect student personal data, knowledge about road safety, attitude towards road safety, and driving practices. Results: More than 40% of students experienced an injury in the previous year, mainly as a pedestrian (56%), and 15.2% practiced driving, although only 9.6% had a driving licence. Most of the students had correct road safety knowledge except for awareness that the safe time to read maps is when your vehicle is parked (44%), one should drive in the left lane (29.6%), and one should overtake from the right-hand lane only (25.8%). The majority of the students reported that road traffic injuries can be prevented (89.2%). The mean score of the driving practices of the students ranged from 0.66±1.04 to 2.44±6.28 and rural residents showed significantly higher score regarding errors and lapses. Conclusion: Good road safety knowledge and a favorable, low risk attitude, did not translate into improved road traffic behavior and this highlights the importance of stricter implementation of the existing rules and including road safety in medical education programs.
Journal of forensic and legal medicine, 2013
The UN general assembly has declared 2011e2020 as the "Decade of Action for Road Safety". The declaration holds significance because road traffic accidents (RTAs) have become a major cause of morbidity and mortality, especially among the adults and middle aged individuals who constitute economically most productive age groups of society. The importance of knowledge and practice of road safety measures needs to be emphasized in the prevention of RTAs. The present study is aimed to assess the knowledge and practice of road safety measures among the students of a medical college in coastal, South India. A total of 260 medical students were included in this cross-sectional study. A semistructured questionnaire was used to collect the relevant information from the participants. The data collected was analyzed using SPSS version 11.5. Out of the 260 participants, 149 (57.3%) were females and 111 (42.7%) were males. The overall awareness on road safety measures was slightly higher among females (20.6%) than males (19.9%). The participants had significantly low awareness with regard to alcohol and driving (4.2%), use of seat belts (20%) and use of mobile phones without hands free device (6.1%). The participants had a better knowledge about traffic signs and more than half of them identified all the signs correctly. With regard to the road safety practices, 25% were involved in drunken driving in the past one year. The practice of using mobile phones with hands free devices while driving was admitted by 20% of them. Nearly two-third participants (68%) admitted to have crossed speed limits on multiple occasions. Observations of the study emphasize on the need to generate awareness among medical students through training and IEC activities to curb the epidemic of RTAs.
International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health
Background: The aim of this study was to assess the level of awareness and practice of road safety measures by medical students of Al Baha University, Saudi Arabia.Methods: The study was descriptive, cross-sectional, students-based conducted among the students of faculty of medicine, ALBaha University, between 1st to 15th May 2017.Results: A total of (n=125) students were enrolled and the vast majority (98.4%) of them aged 18-25 years. All of them are male. Around (97.6%) and (96%) of the participants have car and driving license, respectively. The majority (93.6%) of the participants were aware of road traffic regulations. The major (60%) did not receive driving training. Majority of students involved in RTA regardless the Mobile phone use during driving and driving speed. Approximately (70%) of the participants violated the traffic regulations in more than two occasions in the last year, whilst less than one third of the students use the seat belt and small percent do not use the ...
International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health
Background: In spite of ongoing commitment and efforts, road traffic accidents continue to be a leading cause of death and disabilities in India. Adequate knowledge on road safety measures among budding doctors can create awareness and provide preventive counselling to their clients. An attempt was made to assess the knowledge and practices about road safety measures among intern and resident doctors working in tertiary care setting.Methods: An institution based cross-sectional study was conducted among 168 young doctors of Jorhat Medical College, Jorhat, Assam.Results: Among the enrolled study participants 54% were intern and 46% were resident doctors. More than half of the participants were male. Knowledge on different, road signs among the young doctors ranges in between 68% to 99%. The dangerous effects of alcohol consumption while driving/riding were known to 93% of the participants. While riding two wheels, only 58% always use helmet with belt and 33% sometimes use mobile pho...
Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research Journal, 2022
Objectives: The objectives of this study were to assess the knowledge and practices of road traffic safety measures among undergraduate medical students and recommendation to prevent road traffic accident. Methods: It was an institutional-based cross-sectional study among undergraduate medical students who knew driving. Total 138 study subjects were purposively selected from three batches. A self-structured questionnaire based on knowledge and practices related to road traffic safety measures with Yes/No answer pattern. Data were collected, compiled, and analyzed using appropriate software. Results: Overall level of knowledge for road traffic safety measures was good/moderate among 37.7% of medical students each while poor among 24.6% students (more among 1 st year/39.3% than 2 nd year/19.0%, 3 rd year/10.0%) (statistically significant X 2 =13.304, p-value=0.01). Road traffic safety practices were followed by students (%), namely, wearing a seat belt while driving/seating in four-wheeler' by 84.1% and neither keep specified speed limit on road/2.9% nor obey all traffic signals/lights/signs'/2.9%. Few students use mobile phone while driving, namely, 2 nd year/19.0% and 3 rd year/10.0%. Some students did not follow Road Safety rules viz. "Not Wear Helmet while driving a two-wheeler"(21.7%); "Overtaking from left side"(17.4%); and "drive even when alcoholic"(4.3%). Conclusions: Knowledge for road traffic rules/regulation was good/moderate among average number of students. Majority of medical students' obey all traffic rules/light signal and signs while some students still did not follow it; use mobile phone while driving/not stop at zebra crossing and neither use indicators while turning nor keep valid DL. To improve the current scenario, road traffic safety rules/measures should be added in our medical curriculum and there is need of frequent awareness campaign related to road safety measures to change their behavior while driving and save their precious life.
ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE REGARDING ROAD SAFETY AMONG ADOLESCENTS FROM SELECTED JUNIOR COLLEGES
International Journal of Creative Research Thoughts (IJCRT), 2021
Background: A road traffic accident (RTA) is any injury due to crashes originating from, terminating with or involving a vehicle partially or fully on a public road. It is projected that road traffic injuries will move up to the third position by the year 2020 among leading causes of the global disease burden. They are considerable economic losses to victims, their families, and to countries as a whole. Aim and objective: A study was planned to assess the knowledge of road safety among adolescents. and to find out an association between the knowledge of adolescents regarding road safety with selected demographic variables. Material and method: A Quantitative approach and survey design used for this study. The study was conducted on three hundred adolescents of junior colleges. The data gathering technique used was self-reporting and non-probability convenient sampling. Results: The analysis and interpretation revealed that it was observed that there is association between knowledge score of adolescents and the 3 colleges. It was observed that there is association between knowledge score of adolescents and the gender. It was observed that there is association between knowledge score of adolescents and the class in which they are studying. i.e., 11th class and 12th class. Conclusion: The finding of the study showed that, the knowledge regarding road safety among adolescent was good except some adolescent gave the wrong answer. It was also observed that female adolescents gave more correct response than male adolescents. Adolescents are more curious to finding out the correct answers. Many of them would like someone to come and teach them correct concepts of various health related topics. Knowledge of the adolescent was more may be because of the more exposure to social media. Index Terms – Study, Assess, Road Safety, Adolescent, Junior College
Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, 2020
precautions (UPs) are a set of precautions or actions designed to prevent HCWs from being exposed to blood and deep body fluids by applying the basic principles of infection control through hand washing, utilization of appropriate protective barriers such as gloves, masks, gowns, and eye shields, safe handling and disposal of needles, and safe decontamination of instruments and other contaminated equipment. 1 The term standard precaution is replacing universal precautions, as it expands the coverage of universal precautions by recognizing that anybody fluid may contain contagious and harmful microorganisms. 2 UPs are important because any health care organization has a responsibility to protect its staff from potential dangers and itself from loss of manpower due to occupational injuries or illnesses. 3 Patients may be harmed if staff are uninformed about safe handling of ABSTRACT Background: Biological hazards and health safety issues are a special concern in laboratory technicians who handle blood, body fluids, and tissues which may contain infectious agents. Lack of knowledge of standard precautions has been noted to influence the practice and behaviour change in relation to these precautions requires knowledge. This study therefore aims to study the awareness and practice of universal precautions (U.P) in lab technicians. Methods: Cross sectional type of study was conducted in the tertiary health care facility (Osmania General Hospital) in Hyderabad district among laboratory technicians of various departments from 1-20/11/18. Random sampling was done and data was collected using a self-administered questionnaire. Statistical analyses were performed using Microsoft excel 07. Descriptive analysis was done and Chi-square tests were used for establishing association. Results: The mean age of the respondents was 32.37 years, all of them were graduates by education and the mean length of experience was 5.45 yrs. The mean score for knowledge was 14 (41.1%). In the domain of practice, the responses were quite satisfactory with majority of the responses being "always" for all the practices, wearing eye shields and face masks was only "sometimes" followed and majority of "not applicable" were for wearing gloves Conclusions: Although standard and isolation precautions are introduced, the overall performance of respondents was unsatisfactory.
International Journal of Medical Science and Public Health, 2015
Background: Road traffic accidents are ranked by the World Health Organization as the 10th leading cause of death globally. An estimated 1.3 million people were killed annually in car crashes and as many as 50 million were injured in 2011. Road injuries are the second leading cause of death among people aged 20-24 years, particularly males. Objective: To raise awareness about road traffic accidents and their causes and consequences among medical students in Arabian Gulf University (AGU) in Bahrain. Materials and Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted in AGU, Bahrain, in the period between 22 September and 3 October, 2013. Medical students of AGU aged 20-24 years who drove in Bahrain during the period (January 2011-December 2012) were chosen. A total of 200 students were selected. A questionnaire was used to collect the demographic and driving behavior data for each participant. The data were entered and analyzed using SPSS program, version 18. Results: Most of the students (73.4%) were involved in an accident during 2011. The most important leading cause of accidents was the other driver (48.1%). The majority of the students (42.3%) experienced both physical and psychological injuries. The data showed that driving at excess speed when in a hurry, crossing red traffic lights, and wearing seatbelts are statistically significant behavioral factors. Conclusion: The prevalence of road traffic accidents is very high among medical students in AGU. The study revealed that the major cause of these accidents is attributed to the other driver. Of these accidents, 31.7% resulted in injuries; most of which were combined (physical and psychological).