Impact of a School-Based Helmet Promotion Program on Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Eligible Adolescent Drivers

This study describes how the school environment has often been identified as a prosperous venue for injury prevention and safety promotion. The study sought to investigate the impact of a school-based helmet promotion program on knowledge, attitudes and practices of eligible adolescent drivers. A cluster randomized controlled trial was implemented, with schools as the unit of randomization. Four public, four private and four vocational high-schools situated in Attica, Greece, were sorted by type and randomly assigned to receive a one-month intervention, based on the key concepts of the Health Belief Model, or serve as controls. Self-report data were collected at baseline from 741 second grade students and immediately after program completion. After program completion, helmet-related knowledge was significantly improved for all intervention students. Notwithstanding the greatest increase observed in private high-school students, the intervention had no impact on their attitudes and practices. Of note, individuals enrolled in private education had the lowest frequency of two-wheel motorized vehicle use, with 18.2% reporting frequent use, as contrasted to 38.6% in public schools and 61.1% in vocational. The intervention was successful in increasing student’s knowledge about helmet use. Nevertheless, its impact on helmet-related attitudes and practices of participants appeared to vary across different school types.

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• Authors:
  • Germeni, E
  • Lionis, C
  • Kalampoki, V
  • Davou, B
  • Belechri, M
  • Petridou, E
• Conference:
  • Safety 2010. 10th World Conference
  • Location: London , United Kingdom
  • Date: 2010-9-21 to 2010-9-24
• Publication Date: 2010-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Pagination: v.p.
• Monograph Title: Safety 2010 World Conference
• Serial:
  • Injury Prevention
  • Volume: 16
  • Issue Number: Supplement 1
  • Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
  • ISSN: 1353-8047
  • EISSN: 1475-5785
  • Serial URL: http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Helmets; High school students; Human factors in crashes; Recently qualified drivers; Safety programs; Teenage drivers
• Geographic Terms: Attica (Greece)
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01328084
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 21 2011 8:43AM