Addressing the implementation gap in global road safety: Exploring features of an effective response and introducing a 10-country program

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1061-1067

  Hyder, Adnan A ^a   Allen, Katharine A ^a   Di Pietro, Gayle ^b   Adriazola, Claudia A ^c   Sobel, Rochelle ^b   Larson, Kelly ^d   Peden, Margie ^e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Global Road Safety Partnership ^*  (United States)

^c WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Bloomberg LP   (United States)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAPACITY BUILDING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLITICS; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CAPACITY BUILDING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; POLITICS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS; SAFETY; WORLD HEALTH; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84859545239     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300563     Document Type: Article

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