This cross-sectional population-based study in a peripheral low-income community in São Paulo, Brazil, aimed to estimate the prevalence of unsafe abortion and identify the socio-demographic characteristics associated with it and its morbidity. The article discusses the study’s results, based on univariate and multiple multinomial logistic regression analyses. The final regression models include...

Feeling unsafe in one's neighborhood is associated with poor health. This relation may be conferred through multiple pathways, including greater psychological distress and health behaviors that are associated with poorer health and perceptions of neighborhood safety. Women and older adults often report feeling less safe in their environments despite having a lower risk of victimization than men...

Driver behavior refers to the actions and decisions made by drivers while operating a vehicle, including factors such as speed, distraction, following road rules, traffic signals, etc. These can greatly impact safety, safe driving practices help reduce risk of accidents promote efficient flow. Therefore, analyzing individual detecting aggressiveness is essential for enhancing safety. In order d...

background: there can be little doubt that the construction is the most hazardous industry in the worldwide. this study was designed to modeling the factors affecting unsafe behavior from the perspective of safety supervisors. methods: the qualitative research was conducted to extract a conceptual model. a structural model was then developed based on a questionnaire survey (n=266) by two stage ...

This study focuses on a risk assessment method for oil and gas pipelines. Oil pipelines are usually constructed in complex geological environment potentially dangerous. Risk is key step their safety management. Therefore, the present paper establishes indicator system as foundation, we propose to obtain quantitative result pipeline based set pair analysis (SPA) theory. For weight values of each...

BACKGROUND Children's stool disposal is often overlooked in sanitation programs of any country. Unsafe disposal of children's stool makes children susceptible to many diseases that transmit through faecal-oral route. Therefore, the study aims to examine the magnitude of unsafe disposal of children's stools in India, the factors associated with it and finally its association with childhood diarr...

objectives: behavioral-based safety is a term used to describe the prevention of accidents, injuries and loss in the workplace. an effective behavior-based safety program relies on engaging employees to understand how unsafe behaviors lead to injuries and how to eliminate them from the workplace. this paper examines behavior-based safety program in a massive construction site. methods: for this...

In spite of these facts, Americans still feel surprisingly safe on the roads. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration, only 5% of people feel that the roads are unsafe (FHWA 2005). Drivers report that they are satisfied with road conditions, as well as enforcement of key safety laws, such as those that pertain to speeding, drinking and driving, and sa...

Safety is a priority at Elon University. All of us work to provide a safe, healthy environment for students, but it is equally important that we keep Elon University safe as a workplace. Safety is an individual responsibility. If each one of us is careful in his or her actions and changes those conditions that might be unsafe, most accidents will be prevented. The keys to a fine safety record a...