Effect of free distribution of safety equipment on usage among motorcycle-taxi drivers in Tanzania - A cluster randomised controlled trial

Injury

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1681-1686

  Sumner, Steven A ^a   Pallangyo, Anthony J ^b   Reddy, Elizabeth A ^a   Maro, Venance ^b   Pence, Brian W ^c   Lynch, Catherine ^d   Turner, Elizabeth L ^d   Egger, Joseph R ^d   Thielman, Nathan M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conspicuity; Conspicuity measures; Crash; Injury; Motorcycle; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MALE; MOTORCYCLE; MOTORCYCLIST; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TANZANIA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; CAR; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SAFETY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; UTILIZATION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AUTOMOBILES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MOTORCYCLES; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TANZANIA;

EID: 84908030389     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2014.04.034     Document Type: Article

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