@article{ref1,
title="Seatbelt use among bus passengers in Ghana: observed versus self-reported measures",
journal="International journal of injury control and safety promotion",
year="2022",
author="Okyere, Paul and Agyei-Baffour, P. and Harris, M. J. and Mock, C. and Yankson, I. K. and Donkor, P. and Owusu-Dabo, E.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Many road traffic injuries in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are to bus passengers. We sought to determine the availability, functionality, and observed vs. self-reported use of seatbelts in large intercity buses in Ghana. We observed seatbelt use for 1,184 passengers in 35 large intercity buses. We interviewed a separate group of 633 bus passengers. All buses observed had seatbelts and most (92.6%) were functional. A little over a fifth (21.6%) of passengers were observed to wear seatbelts. However, 34.5% of passengers in the self-reported survey indicated always wearing seatbelts when riding in buses. Passengers on 5 buses out of the 35 observed where the driver verbally prompted them to wear seatbelts were more likely (57.8%) to wear seatbelts than on the other buses (15.3%, p = 0.001). Comparing the self-reported survey with observations, passengers tended to overinflate seatbelt use by a factor of 1.6. This study provides useful information for efforts to increase and monitor seatbelt use among large intercity bus passengers in LMICs.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1745-7300",
doi="10.1080/17457300.2022.2056617",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17457300.2022.2056617"
}