Young people's perceptions of traffic injury risks, prevention and enforcement measures: A qualitative study

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1313-1319

  Ramos, Pilar ^a   Díez, Elia ^a   Pérez, Katherine ^a   Rodriguez Martos, Alicia ^a   Brugal, M Teresa ^a   Villalbí, Joan R ^a  

^a AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Focus groups; Public health policies; Road safety; Youth perceptions

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPUTER NETWORKS; DRUG DELIVERY; DRUG DOSAGE; DRUG THERAPY; HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; ROADS AND STREETS; WEIGHT CONTROL;

BARCELONA , SPAIN; COMMUNITY WORK; DEMAND INFORMATION; DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE (DUI); ELSEVIER (CO); EVOLUTION (CO); FOCUS GROUPS; INJURY RISKS; NIGHT DRIVING; NIGHT TIME; PUBLIC TRANSPORT (PT); QUALITATIVE STUDIES; RISKY DRIVING; ROAD SAFETY; ROAD TRAFFIC; SPEED CAMERAS; TRAFFIC CRASHES; TRAFFIC INJURIES; TRAFFIC REGULATIONS; YOUNG PEOPLE;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; MALE; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK; SPAIN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK; SPAIN; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 46149096722     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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