التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Driver yield and safe child pedestrian crossing behavior promotion by a school traffic warden program at primary school crossings: A cluster-randomized trial. |
| المؤلفون: |
Osuret, Jimmy, Van Niekerk, Ashley, Kobusingye, Olive, Atuyambe, Lynn, Nankabirwa, Victoria |
| المصدر: |
Traffic Injury Prevention; 2024, Vol. 25 Issue 3, p510-517, 8p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
SCHOOL children, PEDESTRIAN crosswalks, AUTOMOBILE driving schools, PRIMARY schools, ROAD safety measures, CLUSTER randomized controlled trials, CHILD behavior |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
KAMPALA (Uganda), UGANDA |
| مستخلص: |
To determine the effect of a school traffic warden program on increasing driver yield and safe child pedestrian crossing behavior in Kampala, Uganda. We designed and implemented a school traffic warden program in specific school zones in Kampala, Uganda. We randomly assigned 34 primary schools in Kampala, in a 1:1 ratio, using a computer-generated randomization sequence, to control or intervention arms in a cluster randomized trial. Each school in the intervention group received one trained adult traffic warden stationed at roads adjacent to schools to help young children safely cross. The control schools continued with the standard of care. We extracted and coded outcome data from video recordings on driver yield and child crossing behavior (defined as waiting at the curb, looking both ways for oncoming vehicles, not running while crossing, and avoiding illegal crossing between vehicles) at baseline and after 6 months. Using a mixed effect modified Poisson regression model, we estimated the prevalence ratio to assess whether being in a school traffic warden program was associated with increased driver yield and safe crossing behavior. A higher proportion of drivers yielded to child pedestrians at crossings with a school traffic warden (aPR 7.2; 95% CI 4.42–11.82). Children were 70% more likely to demonstrate safe crossing behavior in the intervention clusters than in control clusters (aPR 1.7; 95% CI 1.04–2.85). A higher prevalence was recorded for walking while crossing (aPR 1.2; 95% CI 1.08–1.25) in the intervention clusters. The school traffic warden program is associated with increased driver yield and safe child pedestrian crossing behavior, i.e., stopping at the curb, walking while crossing, and not crossing between vehicles. Therefore, the school traffic warden program could be promoted to supplement other road safety measures, such as pedestrian safety road infrastructure, legislation, and enforcement that specifically protects children in school zones. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| قاعدة البيانات: |
Complementary Index |
