In 1997, a Motorcycle Safety Programme (MSP) was introduced to address the motorcycle-related accident problem. The MSP was specifically targeted at motorcyclists. In addition to the MSP, the recent economic recession has significantly contributed to a reduction of traffic-related incidents. This paper examines the effects of the recent economic crisis and the MSP on motorcycle-related accident...

conclusions accidents resulting in death, total disability, and partial disability impose a huge cost burden on society, whereas the employer will bear a relatively low cost. this is because of society’s health, treatment, and welfare systems available for treatment and rehabilitation of injured employees and their families. background occupational accidents represent one of the major problems ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported that each year, 1.35 million people worldwide die in traffic accidents, 20 to 50 are injured, and many of those who injured disabled. This article uses time-series data for the period 1970 2018 Turkey short- long-term social economic variables between number road energy consumption, gross domestic product per capita, vehicle kilometers traveled, ...

background: accidents are the first cause of death in children under 5- year, especially in low- and middle-income countries. the aim of this study was to identify the determinants of prevention behavior of domestic accidents in mothers of children fewer than 5 years old based on protection motivation theory )pmt(. materials and methods: in this cross-sectional descriptive-analytic study, 190 m...

background : to the best of the authors’ knowledge, to date, no systematic study has been carried out in tabriz city to investigate the extent, frequency, causes, and major outcome(s) of falling accidents in the houses of rural and urban areas of this city. the current study was, therefore, undertaken to address some of these issues. methods: in this cross-sectional retrospective study, 43170 i...

BACKGROUND To establish the characteristics of patients in pediatric age who have been referred to hand rehabilitation center since 1998. METHODS The patients were screened retrospectively and those within 0-16 age range were included into the study (178 patients; 126 males [70.8%], 52 females [29.2]; mean age 10.33+/-4.45; range 0 to 16 years). Demographic data, causes and locations of injur...

OBJECTIVES To examine the impact of a system of presumed consent for organ donation on donation rates and to review data on attitudes towards presumed consent. DESIGN Systematic review. DATA SOURCES Studies retrieved by online searches to January 2008 of Medline, Medline In-Process, Embase, CINAHL, PsycINFO, HMIC, PAIS International, and OpenSIGLE. Studies reviewed Five studies comparing do...