Introduction: According to WHO, we stand nakedly in front of a pandemic as mortal as any pandemic there has ever been. There exists a synergistic relation between HIV infection and high risk behavior. The incidence of HIV infection in high risk groups like persons attending to sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) out patients clinics, female sex workers and homosexuals(MSM),migrants, truck driv...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of obesity, alcoholic beverage consumption, unhealthy alcohol use and sudden sleep onset at the wheel among Italian truck drivers. In addition to prevalence rates, this study also aimed at investigating potential predictors for sudden-onset sleepiness and obesity. MATERIAL AND METHODS A sample of truck drivers was extracted fr...

Personal exposures were estimated for a large cohort of workers in the U.S. domestic system for distributing gasoline by trucks and marine vessels. This assessment included development of a rationale and methodology for extrapolating vapor exposures prior to the availability of measurement data, analysis of existing measurement data to estimate task and job exposures during 1975-1985, and extra...

The primary aims of this study were to examine Croatian truck drivers' sexual contact with sex workers, estimate the frequency of condom use, and assess knowledge of HIV/AIDS within this population. The research was conducted from June 14 to September 16, 2005 at customs offices and accompanying parking lots in four Croatian cities. The sample consists of 69 truck drivers. Information about sex...

This study evaluates truck drivers’ attitudes toward an on-board monitoring system (OBMS), using an extended version of the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) that accounts for drivers’ trust in OBMS. Crashes that involve trucks incur a high cost to society and driver-related factors contribute to about one third of all large truck fatal crashes in the US. Therefore, safety initiatives that can ...

Truck-related accidents account for a substantial portion of traffic accidents. Risky driving behavior is main cause Understanding the risky truck drivers therefore important in reducing truck-related This study aimed to propose and validate research model that integrated theory planned behavior, sensation seeking, risk perception explain drivers. A total 471 valid data were collected from Chin...

background low back pain (lbp) is the most common and multifactor problem among the commercial drivers and the individual, social, psychological and occupational factors have important role in intensifying this pain. in various studies, the role of spiritual factor was investigated less compared to other factors. objectives the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of religious belief...