Helmet use and associated factors among Thai motorcyclists during Songkran festival
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2012
TITLE AUTHOR(S): P.Siviroj, K.Peltzer, S.Pengpid, S.Morarit
KEYWORDS: HELMETS, MOTORCYCLISTS, RISK BEHAVIOUR, SAFETY GEAR, THAILAND
DEPARTMENT: Public Health, Societies and Belonging (HSC)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 7385
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/3293
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/3293
If you would like to obtain a copy of this Research Output, please contact Hanlie Baudin at researchoutputs@hsrc.ac.za.
Abstract
The aim of this study was to assess helmet use and associated factors among motorcycle riders during Songkran festival in Thailand. A cross-sectional survey was conducted to determine the prevalence of helmet use among Thai motorcycle riders (sample size = 18,998) during four days of the Songkran festival. For this sample, the population of motorcycle riders was consecutively selected using quota sampling from 12 petrol stations in four provinces from each of the four main geographical regions of Thailand. The study was conducted at petrol stations at roads in town, outside town and highway at different time intervals when trained field staff administered a structured questionnaire and performed an observation checklist. Results indicate that 44.2% of the motorcycle riders and 72.5% of the motorcycle passengers had not been using a helmet. In multivariable analysis demographics, environmental factors, helmet use experiences and attitudes and recalling a lower exposure to road safety awareness (RSA) campaign were associated with non-helmet use among motorcyclists. It appears that the RSA campaign may have some positive effect on reducing non-helmet use among motorcycle riders during the Songkran festival.-
Related Research Outputs:
- HIV risk behaviors in sub-Saharan Africa and northern Thailand: baseline behavioral data from Project Accept
- Prevalence and social correlates of sexual intercourse among school-going adolescents in Thailand
- Drinking motives, sensation seeking, and alcohol use among Thai high school students
- Prevalence and psychosocial correlates of illicit drug use among school-going adolescents in Thailand
- Heavy internet use and its associations with health risk and health-promoting behaviours among Thai university students
- Sociobehavioral factors associated with caries increment: a longitudinal study from 24 to 36 months old children in Thailand
- Helmet use and associated factors among motorcyclists in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations: prevalence and effect of interventions
- Prevalence of overweight and underweight and its associated factors among male and female university students in Thailand
- Screening and concurrent brief intervention of conjoint hazardous or harmful alcohol and tobacco use in hospital out-patients in Thailand: a randomized controlled trial
- Dietary behaviour among male out-patients in Thailand
- Obesity and lifestyle factors in male hospital out-patients in Thailand
- Conjoint moderate or high-risk alcohol and tobacco use among male out-patients in Thailand
- Trends in HIV testing and associated factors among men in South Africa: evidence from 2005, 2008 and 2012 national population-based household surveys
- Abstract: Determinants of the use of voluntary counselling and testing services among the sexually active adult population of South Africa
- Preventive health behavior, personality and religiosity among black and white South Africans
- Self-reported speeding intention and expected consequences of speeding among South African drivers: an exploratory study
- Perceptions of tuberculosis: attributions of cause, suggested means of risk reduction, and preferred treatment in the Limpopo province, South Africa
- Intimate partner violence as a factor associated with risky sexual behaviours and alcohol misuse among men
- Methamphetamine use and sexual risks for HIV infection in Cape Town, South Africa
- Sexual assault, sexual risks and gender attitudes in a community sample of South African men