Taxi drivers’ views on risky driving behavior in Tehran: A qualitative study using a social marketing approach

Shams, Mohsen; Shojaeizadeh, Davoud; Majdzadeh, Reza; Rashidian, Arash; Montazeri, Ali

doi:10.1016/j.aap.2010.10.007

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“…Place is where the audience commits the behavior or where the consumer is exposed to the message about behavior. And promotion, is intended use of media, advertising, public relations, and other ways to reach the consumer in order to inform and encourage them (11, 12). In recent years social marketing, in many countries all over the world, is taken into consideration in dealing with health problems, and some examples include: prevention of sexually transmitted diseases (13), consumption of fruit and vegetables (14), domestic violence (15).…”

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“…Also in studies conducted, the use of social marketing model on physical activity has been emphasized (16, 17). Despite four decades of social marketing, Iranian researchers, have published limited literature in this area, like risky driving behavior (12), dairy products (18) and breast cancer screening (19). Historically, most researches on the determinants of physical activity, is done by quantitative studies based on predetermined questionnaires about people’s knowledge, attitude, and performance about physical activity (20), which do not provide in-depth information.…”

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Promoting physical activity in Iranian women: A qualitative study using social marketing

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Background and aimIn social marketing, at the center of the program is consumer perception. The objective of this study was to explore the viewpoints of Iranian women for tailoring interventions so as to increase physical activity.MethodsThe social marketing model served as the framework of the study. Qualitative data were collected via six semi-structured focus group discussions (FGDs), in 2014 in Iran. Participants were 51 women, 20 to 60 years old, selected by purposive sampling, with a maximum diversity. Qualitative content analysis of the data was conducted by researchers.ResultsAfter data analysis and extracting initial codes, they were all categorized in four predefined categories of social marketing model (product, price, place and promotion) and related sub-categories. Most of the participants were inactive. Price was addressed by women as the dominant category of this study. The majority of participants emphasized the benefits of prevention of chronic diseases, fitness, staying young, and improving family relations. Most women preferred to do physical activity in a secure and enclosed female environment. And the majority of participants considered radio, television, face to face training, texting, and advertising billboards as promotional strategies.ConclusionThis study provides a unique insight into consumers’ values and motivations that affect consumers’ decisions to adopt physical activity, in Iran. It could also help researchers to design and implement intervention programs to increase physical activity.

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“…In Nanjing, China, the taxi drivers were found to be less likely to use seat belt (14), and similar survey results were also reported in Beijing (15), but the use or misuse of seat belts is still not fully understood. The findings from 248 taxi and bus drivers in Wuhan, China highlighted that risky driving behaviour was significantly affected by their attitudes toward traffic rules and speed (16). Sullman et al reported that taxi drivers more often engaged in passive-aggressive behaviour significantly related to possible crashes, losing control of the vehicle, loss of concentration, and near-misses (17).…”

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Prevention of Taxi Accidents in Xi'an, China: What Matters Most?

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Du³

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Cent Eur J Public Health

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SUMMARYObjectives: Since the city of Xi'an has been extremely concerned with the serious problem of taxi involved crashes, injuries and fatalities, the primary purpose of this study is to identify the risk factors associated with the magnitude and nature of the problem and provide possible measures for enhancing the overall safety performance of taxi industry.Methods: Using 726 crash samples from the original of 7,183 observations in Xi'an over the period from 2006 to 2012, comparative statistics and systematic analysis were employed to describe the distribution of taxi crashes by driver characteristics, roadway contributors and environmental factors and then determine the significant factors contributing to crash injuries and fatalities.Results: The trend and pattern of taxi involved crashes vary significantly. Middle aged (77.27%) male (91.60%) drivers with limited education (68.59%) and less driving (31.27%) and job (82.50%) experience were much more likely to be involved in such a crash. Additionally, it is found that a large majority of taxi crashes occurred with the most frequent type of rear end collisions (30.72%), on six-lane segments without median (16.94%) or four legged intersections (15.29%), under adverse weather conditions (31.82%), at weekends (34.99%), and during winter days (34.72%), but fatal and serious crashes were more likely to happen at night (30.72%) or under wet road surface conditions (16.94%), due to driver's overspeeding, unbelted, disregarding signs or signals, or other types of risk driving behaviour.Conclusions: The risk of taxi related crashes varies by drivers, roadways and environment. To reduce the risk of potential crashes for taxi drivers, we recommend the targeted legislation and enforcement, stronger night and trip restrictions, awareness of risk behaviour, and periodical training requirement. Such proposals and measures are expected to help mitigate taxi crashes and promote road safety in China.

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“…11 La falta de descanso, junto con jornadas laborales extensas, se asocia con síntomas de fatiga, un factor de riesgo para la siniestralidad vial. 11,15,16 El limitado y difícil acceso a sanitarios influye en el desarrollo de distintas patologías genitourinarias. 17 Otro problema físico, típico de la profesión, son los dolores músculo-esqueléticos.…”

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“…Problemas similares los conductores, sino también por sus posibles consecuencias sobre la seguridad del sistema de transporte. 15,16 Un problema asociado a las extensas jornadas de trabajo es el aumento de la exposición a los riesgos viales. Los resultados obtenidos indican que una proporción importante de la muestra ha sufrido siniestros de distinta gravedad.…”

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Trabajo y Salud en Conductores de Taxis

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La conducción de taxis es una actividad potencialmente insalubre. En este artículo se ofrecen los resultados de una investigación que analiza las condiciones de trabajo de los conductores de taxis, las fuentes de preocupación laboral, sus estrategias para afrontarlas, su estado de salud y los hábitos relacionados con su protección. Se espera contribuir a una mejor caracterización de la problemática y aportar datos para su abordaje preventivo. A continuación, ofrecemos un resumen sobre las condiciones laborales de la industria del taxi y su impacto sobre la salud de los trabajadores. RESUMENLa conducción de taxis es una actividad potencialmente insalubre debido a las condiciones laborales que caracterizan la tarea, como la informalidad o la exposición a diferentes fuentes de riesgos para la salud. El objetivo del presente trabajo fue aportar información sobre las condiciones laborales, el estado de salud, los hábitos y las estrategias de afrontamiento de los conductores. En el estudio participaron 421 conductores de taxi. Los datos se obtuvieron por medio de un cuestionario de auto-informe. Se realizaron análisis descriptivos sobre los diferentes aspectos estudiados. Los resultados indicaron que la jornada laboral típica era de 10 o 12 horas, que el riesgo de participar en un siniestro o de ser asaltado durante la jornada laboral era elevado, que los problemas de salud física y emocional más prevalentes eran dolores músculo-esqueléticos, malhumor e irritabilidad, sensación de cansancio y ansiedad, que los hábitos alimenticios eran poco saludables y bajos los niveles de actividad física, y que las estrategias de afrontamiento típicas eran de carácter paliativo e individual. El artículo aporta datos con una población latinoamericana, una región en la que no se ha generado mucha evidencia empírica sobre el problema. Se brindan recomendaciones para posibles intervenciones preventivas. ABSTRACTTaxi driving is a potentially unhealthy activity due to working conditions such as piecework or the exposure to different sources of health risk. Some of the typical problems in the industry have been widely studied (e.g. car crashes) while others have received less attention (e.g. coping strategies). Moreover, most of the research comes from Anglo-Saxon, European or Eastern coutries. Much less is known about the problem in Latin America. The aim of the present paper was to study working conditions and health status in taxi drivers from a Latinamerican country. The study include different aspects of the problem that have been previously studied separately. Participants were 42 taxi drivers, mostly male. A selfadministered questionnaire was used to collect data. Participants gave information about their working conditions, health status, healthy and unhealthy habits, and coping strategies. Results indicated that the typical working day of a taxi driver ranges from 10 to 12 hours; that drivers have an elevated risk of being involved in a car crash or an assault; that the most prevalent physical or emotional problems are musculos...

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Taxi drivers’ views on risky driving behavior in Tehran: A qualitative study using a social marketing approach

Cited by 54 publications

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Promoting physical activity in Iranian women: A qualitative study using social marketing

Promoting physical activity in Iranian women: A qualitative study using social marketing

Prevention of Taxi Accidents in Xi'an, China: What Matters Most?

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