When Being a Woman Represents a Major Risk of Commuting Accidents?

Salerno, Silvana; Giliberti, Claudia

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-96065-4_34

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“…While several studies of unintentional injuries in children and adolescents reveal boys to suffer unintentional injuries more frequently than girls do [26,27], there have been studies that reveal female young adults to be at a higher risk than male ones. An Italian study used data on recognized commuting while walking injuries in the industrial and service sectors recorded by the Italian National Institute for Insurance against Accidents at Work from 2014 to 2018; the study found that during the years examined, commuting while walking injuries occurred three times more often among women, with an increasing incidence over the years and by age [28]. An older study from Spain obtained similar results, analyzing a total of 266,646 traffic-related injuries and 168,129 nontraffic-related injuries from 2006 to 2010.…”

Section: Socio-demographic Insightsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Differences in Work and Commuting Accidents between Employees and Students at Higher Education Institutions in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, from December 2014 to December 2019

Staay

Koestner

Dietz

2023

IJERPH

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Accidents are one of the most important public health concerns because of their high prevalence and considerable health outcomes. Although higher education institutions (HEIs) play an important role in health promotion and disease prevention, accidents are rarely investigated in this setting. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to address this gap by analyzing the frequency and characteristics of employee and student accidents at HEIs in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. A dataset of all accidents that happened to employees and students at HEIs in Rhineland-Palatinate from December 2014 to December 2019 and the characteristics of these accidents was provided by the responsible statutory accident insurance (Accident Insurance Fund of Rhineland-Palatinate). Modified thousand-men quotas (the rate of injuries per 1000 people) were calculated to investigate the differences in frequencies and characteristics of accidents between employees and students, as well as between institutions. A total of 3810 accidents (n = 1326; 34.8% work and n = 2484; 65.2% commuting) were reported, of which 426 involved employees and 3384 involved students. The frequency and characteristics of the accidents varied between employees and students, as well as between institutions. Sports programs at HEIs for example imply high risks for unintentional injuries especially for students (as they make up the majority of participants). Other main findings are that medical students, as well as students of subjects including laboratory work, are at a higher risk to experience study-related accidents whereas employees seem to be at a higher risk when working in a technical field. The results call for the development of accident prevention concepts at HEIs and the implementation of interventions in respective institutions and target groups.

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Section: Socio-demographic Insightsmentioning

confidence: 99%