Citation

Kakefuda I, Stallones L, Gibbs J. J. Health Psychol. 2008; 13(5): 639-643.

Affiliation

Colorado State University, USA. kakefuda@lamar.colostate.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1359105308090935

PMID

18519437

Abstract

Understanding community context is as important to develop effective community-based injury prevention programs as assessing attitudes and behaviors among individuals. Readiness of a community toward community efforts to promote bicycle helmet use and of individuals to use bicycle helmets were examined in a northern Colorado town in the United States, using a semi-qualitative approach. Community readiness and individual readiness to prevent injuries through use of bicycle helmets differed across groups. The findings provide a better understanding of interactions between community perceptions and individual attitudes and behaviors. Further, target groups for improving bicycle helmet use were identified.

Language: en