SAFETY BELT PROMOTION: THEORY AND PRACTICE

The purpose of this paper is to provide practitioners a rationale and description of selected theoretically based approaches to safety belt promotion. Theory failure is a threat to the integrity and effectiveness of safety belt promotion. The absence of theory driven programs designed to promote safety belt use is a concern of this paper. Six theoretical models from the social and behavioral sciences are reviewed with suggestions for application to promoting safety belt use and include theory of reasoned action, the health belief model, fear arousal, operant learning, social learning theory, and diffusion of innovations. Guidelines for the selection and utilization of theory are discussed. (Author/TRRL)

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• Corporate Authors:

  Pergamon Press, Incorporated

  Headington Hill Hall
  Oxford OX30BW,    
• Authors:
  • Nelson, G D
  • Moffit, P B
• Publication Date: 1988-2

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 27-38
• Serial:
  • Accident Analysis & Prevention
  • Volume: 20
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0001-4575
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00014575

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Manual safety belts; Mathematical models; Promotion; Social factors; Theory; Utilization
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models
• ITRD Terms: 9001: Behaviour; 6473: Mathematical model; 8573: Publicity; 1476: Safety belt; 2253: Sociology; 9084: Use
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00470184
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 31 1988 12:00AM