Community-based pedestrian safety training in virtual reality: A pragmatic trial

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 86, Issue , 2016, Pages 9-15

  Schwebel, David C ^a   Combs, Tabitha ^b   Rodriguez, Daniel ^c   Severson, Joan ^d   Sisiopiku, Virginia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d Digital Artefacts LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Injury prevention; Pedestrian safety; Pragmatic trial; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; PERSONNEL TRAINING; SAFETY ENGINEERING; TEACHING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

CHILD PEDESTRIANS; CHILDREN; COMMUNITY CENTERS; INJURY PREVENTION; PEDESTRIAN BEHAVIOR; PRAGMATIC TRIAL; TRAINING SESSIONS; VIRTUAL-REALITY ENVIRONMENT;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

ALABAMA; CHILD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURIES; MALE; PEDESTRIAN; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAFETY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WALKING;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ALABAMA; CHILD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEDESTRIANS; PRAGMATIC CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; WALKING;

EID: 84944408931     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2015.10.002     Document Type: Article

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