Abstract  One of the suitable and beneficial methods in promoting behaviors of road traffic injury prevention could be the application of educational programs. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the effect of health belief model on preventive behaviors related to road traffic injuries among primary school students. 100 participants was randomly selected among four...

background and aim: injuries from traffic accidents are a major public health problem, and the third leading cause of mortality in people aged 1 to 40 years. each year 31.8 persons per hundred thousands of iranians are killed in car accidents. neighboring of north khorasan province with razavi khorasan, a province with a lot of pilgrims caused a large number of passengers travel via north khora...

In October 2005, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution to mark the third Sunday in November each year as World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims to honor persons killed or injured in road crashes, recognize their families and communities, and pay tribute to the emergency crews, police, and medical professionals who deal with the traumatic aftermath of road deaths an...

Introduction . Despite the positive trend in recent years, incidence of road traffic injuries and deaths from it remains high, significantly higher than developed countries. The economic significance problem is determined by high level disability among victims, fact that a significant part them are people working age. following factors contribute to occurrence certain outcomes accidents: (behav...

Background: Apart from the mortality, road traffic injuries are associated with significant morbidities. This study has aimed to examine the pattern of traffic accident-related extremity fractures/dislocations and their related disabilities. Methods: A retrospective hospital-based study was conducted to assess the characteristics of limb fractures/dislocations among road traffic accident victi...