Reducing
accidents and promoting safety behaviours Summary
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Topic |
Study |
Detail |
Evaluation |
Application |
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Road Safety |
behaviour in realistic traffic situations |
Ethics |
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Oborne (1982) |
Learning theory approach |
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Cycle helmets |
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Matarazzo, 1984 |
Adolescence |
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Safe-driving programs |
Robertson, 1986 |
Driver training in high schools |
Students who elect to take driver education simply drive less than those who do not |
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Perception and reaction |
Robertson 1986 |
· Extra brake light · Stripes across a road · Raising the legal driving age |
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SLEEPY DRIVERS |
Reyner and Horn, 1998 |
Short-term benefits |
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MOBILE PHONES |
R0SPA, 2001 |
(a) Vary their road speed and (b) wander in their lane |
Alm (1998) successfully multi-task |
· Legislation · Employer education |
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Protective equipment |
Hletko, Robin, Hletko, & Stone, 1987 |
Infant safety seat |
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Chang, Dillman, Leonard, & English, 1985 |
Bucklebear |
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Roberts & Fanurik, 1986 |
Rewards to encourage seat belt use by children |
2½ months after the program |
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ACCIDENT REDUCTION AT WORK |
Kunz (1987) |
Stress intervention programme |
Reduce absenteeism (Murphy and Sorenson, 1988) |
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Fox et al. (1987 |
Token economy programme at open cast pits |
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Paterson et al., 1998 |
Regular fluid intake |
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MEDIA CAMPAIGNS |
Cowpe (1989). |
Chip pan fires |
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PREVENTING SLIPS, TRIPS AND FALLS |
D0H, 2000 |
Older people |
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· Safety review of their house · Hip protection |
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UNDERSTANDING MEDICAL INSTRUCTIONS |
Dowse and Ehlers (1998) |
Black and white people in South Africa, |
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