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- Title
Level I Trauma Center Internal Campaign to Increase Safe Driving by Staff.
- Authors
Melton, Thomas Jerome; Couillard, Deborah J.; Ferguson, Pamela L.; Power, Stephanie; Norcross, E. Douglass; Fakhry, Samir M.
- Abstract
A 3-month internal campaign at our trauma center was conducted to improve employee motor vehicle safety and have employees serve as community role models. The injury- prevention coordinator and trauma program manager developed and implemented a campaign of high-visibility events. Effectiveness was evaluated through pre- and postcampaign surveys and seat belt-use observation and observation at 1 year. Although survey responses did not change, observed seat belt use increased significantly from 79% to 87%, with maintenance at 1 year (89%). No direct causal effect can be proven, but the campaign appears to have increased employee seat belt use.
- Subjects
SOUTH Carolina; PREVENTION of injury; AUTOMOBILE driving; AUTOMOBILE safety appliances; CHI-squared test; CONFIDENCE intervals; HEALTH behavior; HEALTH promotion; MEDICAL personnel; MOTOR vehicle safety measures; TRAUMA centers; MOTOR vehicle occupants; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Journal of Trauma Nursing, 2012, Vol 19, Issue 4, p221
- ISSN
1078-7496
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1097/JTN.0b013e31827758aa