Knowledge, attitude, and practice toward road safety regulations among college students in Telangana state
BACKGROUND: Road traffic continues to be a major developmental issue and a public health concern. Road accidents in India kill almost 1.5 lakh people annually, and India accounts for almost 11% of the accident-related deaths in the world. Prevention of road traffic accidents is very crucial by creat...
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| description | BACKGROUND: Road traffic continues to be a major developmental issue and a public health concern. Road accidents in India kill almost 1.5 lakh people annually, and India accounts for almost 11% of the accident-related deaths in the world. Prevention of road traffic accidents is very crucial by creating awareness and taking proper measures toward road safety.
AIMS: The aims of this study were to assess the knowledge about road safety regulations and to assess the attitude and practices regarding road safety regulations.
SETTINGS AND DESIGN: This cross-sectional study was conducted in a pharmacy college.
SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Study participants were all 4 academic years' pharmacy students who know driving two- or four-wheeler motor vehicle. Data were collected from a sample of 132 by predesigned pretested semi-structured questionnaire.
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS USED: Data were presented in proportions with confidence interval using SPSS ver. 22.
RESULTS: 81.1% of the participants knew the minimum age to obtain driving license. Only 16% follow the road signs strictly and 76% wear helmet for long-distance ride. Poor attitude was observed for wearing helmet for short-distance ride, pillion rider wearing helmet, and drink and drive.
CONCLUSIONS: Majority of the participants were aware of road safety regulations. In spite of having positive attitude toward road safety measures by participants, they could not translate attitude into practice. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-531052e0c36e4c638c074f6e3436da182022-12-21T21:27:41ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Education and Health Promotion2277-95312021-01-01101252510.4103/jehp.jehp_442_20Knowledge, attitude, and practice toward road safety regulations among college students in Telangana stateKishore Yadav JothulaD SreeharshikaBACKGROUND: Road traffic continues to be a major developmental issue and a public health concern. Road accidents in India kill almost 1.5 lakh people annually, and India accounts for almost 11% of the accident-related deaths in the world. Prevention of road traffic accidents is very crucial by creating awareness and taking proper measures toward road safety. AIMS: The aims of this study were to assess the knowledge about road safety regulations and to assess the attitude and practices regarding road safety regulations. SETTINGS AND DESIGN: This cross-sectional study was conducted in a pharmacy college. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Study participants were all 4 academic years' pharmacy students who know driving two- or four-wheeler motor vehicle. Data were collected from a sample of 132 by predesigned pretested semi-structured questionnaire. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS USED: Data were presented in proportions with confidence interval using SPSS ver. 22. RESULTS: 81.1% of the participants knew the minimum age to obtain driving license. Only 16% follow the road signs strictly and 76% wear helmet for long-distance ride. Poor attitude was observed for wearing helmet for short-distance ride, pillion rider wearing helmet, and drink and drive. CONCLUSIONS: Majority of the participants were aware of road safety regulations. In spite of having positive attitude toward road safety measures by participants, they could not translate attitude into practice.http://www.jehp.net/article.asp?issn=2277-9531;year=2021;volume=10;issue=1;spage=25;epage=25;aulast=Jothuladrivinghelmetpillion riderroad signsroad traffic accidents |
| spellingShingle | Kishore Yadav Jothula D Sreeharshika Knowledge, attitude, and practice toward road safety regulations among college students in Telangana state Journal of Education and Health Promotion driving helmet pillion rider road signs road traffic accidents |
| title | Knowledge, attitude, and practice toward road safety regulations among college students in Telangana state |
| title_full | Knowledge, attitude, and practice toward road safety regulations among college students in Telangana state |
| title_fullStr | Knowledge, attitude, and practice toward road safety regulations among college students in Telangana state |
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| title_short | Knowledge, attitude, and practice toward road safety regulations among college students in Telangana state |
| title_sort | knowledge attitude and practice toward road safety regulations among college students in telangana state |
| topic | driving helmet pillion rider road signs road traffic accidents |
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