@article{ref1,
title="Evaluation of a School-Based Intervention to Reduce Traffic-Related Injuries among Adolescents in Beijing",
journal="World health and population",
year="2010",
author="Zhang, Chen and Hong, Youlian and Liu, Xiurong and Li, Yuqing and Yang, Jun",
volume="12",
number="2",
pages="34-42",
abstract="Objective: Millions of adolescents are killed or injured in traffic accidents on the world's roads each year, but data on traffic-injury prevention programs targeting adolescents are limited, especially from developing countries. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a traffic-injury prevention program targeting adolescents in China. Methods: We conducted a school-based traffic-safety intervention program with 2,759 students in two middle schools and two high schools in Beijing. An open-cohort, pre-post design with intervention and control groups was used to evaluate the intervention effect. Results: Compared with the control group, the intervention group reported a significant increase in knowledge and awareness of traffic safety and a decrease in self-reported unsafe traffic behaviours. Students in middle school and girls reported better intervention effects than their high school and male counterparts. Conclusion: This study suggests that school-based traffic-injury prevention programs may increase participants' knowledge of traffic signs and awareness of traffic safety issues. The high traffic mortality in China, particularly in Chinese adolescents, suggests that more age- and culture-appropriate traffic safety promotion programs are needed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1718-3340",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}