How members of the public interpret the word<i>accident</i>

Girasek, Deborah C.

doi:10.1136/ip.5.1.19

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“…Another report from this survey indicated that 83% of lay subjects associated preventability with the word 'accident' (Girasek, 1999). These findings may be welcomed by injury control professionals who feared that fatalistic perceptions on the part of the public were impeding the field's progress.…”

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“…The literature does contain estimates, that 75% of motor vehicle crash deaths (Smith, 1985), and 48% of child and adolescent injury deaths (Rivara and Grossman, 1996) were preventable. A number of states have set up teams to determine whether the childhood deaths that occurred in their jurisdictions could have been prevented (Arizona Department of Health Services, 1995Services, , 1996Services, , 1997Services, , 1998Onwuachi-Saunders et al, 1996, 1999. Their estimates vary by type of injury event, and within injury category by year and state.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Public beliefs about the preventability of unintentional injury deaths

Girasek

2001

Accident Analysis & Prevention

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This report is based upon the results of a national random digit dialed telephone survey in which 943 adults were queried. Subjects reported the proportion of deaths due to motor vehicle crashes, falls, fires/burns, drowning and poisoning that they felt were preventable. On average, respondents believed that 56% of 'fatal accidents' were preventable; as were 62% of motor vehicle crash deaths, 53% of fall deaths, 67% of drownings, 62% of fire/burn fatalities and 70% of accidental poisonings. Logistic regression models predicting preventability beliefs differed according to the type of injury event in question, but socio-economic status and perceived alcohol involvement were positive predictors of beliefs related to all of the injuries under study. The ramifications of these findings and future research directions are discussed. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.

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Public beliefs about the preventability of unintentional injury deaths

Girasek

2001

Accident Analysis & Prevention

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“…Young et al, unpublished manuscript) [16,18]. Research in both developed and developing countries demonstrates that fatalism can take many forms and in developing countries may have religious and ethnic associations [7,11,13,14,[19][20][21]. Several sources have pointed out that a strong sense of predestination and fate are in contradiction with an injury prevention orientation where events are seen as preventable and where one is in control of one's life [10][11][12][22][23][24][25][26], underlining the potential importance of fatalism as a barrier to effective health education and behaviour change.…”

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Fatalism and its implications for risky road use and receptiveness to safety messages: a qualitative investigation in Pakistan

Kayani

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Fleiter

2012

Health Education Research

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Given the increasing vehicle numbers and expanding road construction in developing countries, the importance of safe road user behaviour is critical. Road traffic crashes (RTCs) are a significant problem in Pakistan; however, the factors that contribute to RTCs in Pakistan are not well researched. Fatalistic beliefs are a potential barrier to the enhancement of road safety, especially participation in health-promoting and injury prevention behaviours, and also contribute to risk taking. Fatalistic beliefs relating to road safety have been found in some developing countries, although research is scarce and indicates that the nature and extent of fatalism differs in each country. Qualitative research was undertaken with a range of drivers, religious orators, police and policy makers to explore associations between fatalism, risky road use and associated issues. Findings indicate that fatalistic beliefs are pervasive in Pakistan, are strongly linked with religion, present a likely barrier to road safety messages and contribute to risky road use. Fatalism appears to be a default attribution of RTC and the intensity of belief in fate surpasses the kinds of fatalism noted in the limited existing literature. These findings have importance to developing road safety countermeasures in countries where fatalistic beliefs are strong.

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“…Apesar das reiteradas alegações de que o emprego de uma terminologia não-científica justifica, pelo menos em parte, que as pessoas e, especialmente, o governo não encarem as injúrias como o fazem com as doenças, há uma grande carência de pesquisas contextuais nessa área 10,14,22,[140][141][142][143] . Por ora, o pediatra pode contribuir dirigindo-se às famílias com vocabulário claro e orientações objetivas, principalmente fixando a idéia básica de que injúrias não são acidentes 144 .…”

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Injury control from the perspective of contextual pediatrics

Blank¹

2005

J Pediatr (Rio J)

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Como citar este artigo: Blank D. Controle de injúrias sob a ótica da pediatria contextual. J Pediatr (Rio J). 2005;81(5 Supl):S123-S136. AbstractObjective: To describe the relationship between injury control and contextual pediatrics.Sources of data: Quasi-systematic review of MEDLINE, SciELO and LILACS databases, using combinations of the words contextual, community, injury, accident and violence; and non-systematic review of book chapters and classic articles.Summary of the findings: Safety depends on the interaction of family habits, cultural patterns and surroundings. Contextual pediatrics sees the child, the family, and the community as a continuum; health diagnosis (sequential observation of problems and assets) is one of its cornerstones. Changing intrapersonal factors for injuries requires the use of both passive and active strategies. Family and cultural risk factors for injury: home overcrowding, moving, poverty, and young, illiterate and unemployed parents. The main neighborhood factors: material deprivation and traffic. Cultural factors: illiteracy, unsafe products, lack of mass transportation, handguns, workplaces without safety rules, faulty community organization, lack of communication between social sectors, inadequate legislation, low priority for safety among government actions, lack of economic resources, and low academic commitment with the field of safety. Conclusions:The pediatricians roles include strengthening of the longitudinal relationship with families, integrated interdisciplinary work, constructive intervention, partnership with community, counseling on injury risks pertaining to each developmental stage, by using lists with explicit processes and contents, and by handing out written materials. Active advocacy for safety promotion in different environments, besides the clinical setting.

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How members of the public interpret the wordaccident

Cited by 37 publications

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Public beliefs about the preventability of unintentional injury deaths

Public beliefs about the preventability of unintentional injury deaths

Fatalism and its implications for risky road use and receptiveness to safety messages: a qualitative investigation in Pakistan

Injury control from the perspective of contextual pediatrics

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