Awareness of and responding to “One Helmet, One Seatbelt” – a road traffic safety campaign among motor vihicle riders/passengers in China

Lang QIN; Wanshu ZHENG; Peishan NING; Guoqing HU

doi:10.11847/zgggws1141219

Zhongguo gonggong weisheng (Sep 2023)

Awareness of and responding to “One Helmet, One Seatbelt” – a road traffic safety campaign among motor vihicle riders/passengers in China

Lang QIN,
Wanshu ZHENG,
Peishan NING,
Guoqing HU

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Lang QIN: Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Xiangya School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha 410006, China
Wanshu ZHENG: Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Xiangya School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha 410006, China
Peishan NING: Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Xiangya School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha 410006, China
Guoqing HU: Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Xiangya School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha 410006, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11847/zgggws1141219
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 39, no. 9
pp. 1197 – 1200

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ObjectiveTo examine the awareness of and responding to a nationwide road traffic safety campaign named “One Helmet, One Seatbelt” among motor vihicle riders/passengers in China. MethodsAn online questionnaire survey was conducted among e-bike or motorcycle riders/passengers and automobile drivers/passengers recruited with snowball sampling in 18 provinces, 5 autonomous regions, and 3 municipalities across China between July and August 2021 – one year after the initiation of the program. We analyzed the awareness of the campaign and the increase of helmet-wearing and seatbelt usage after the campaign among the participants. ResultsEligible responses were collected from a total of 564 participants including 314 (55.68% of the participants) e-bike/motorcycle riders, 17 (3.01%) e-bike/motorcycle passengers, 137 (24.29%) automobile drivers, and 96 (17.02%) automobile passengers. Of the 451 e-bike/motorcycle riders and automobile drivers, 91.13% (411) reported the awareness of the road traffic safety campaign and there was no significant difference in the awareness rate between the e-bike/motorcycle riders and automobile drivers (92.04% vs. 89.05%, χ2 = 1.053; P > 0.05). Among the 331 e-bike/motorcycle riders/passengers, 245 (74.02%) reported increased helmet-wearing after the implementation of the campaign and significantly more e-bike/motorcycle riders reporting increased helmet-wearing compared to e-bike/motorcycle passengers (76.11% vs. 35.29%, χ2 = 13.973; P 0.05).ConclusionThe awareness rate of the nationwide “One Helmet, One Seatbelt” road traffic safety campaign was high among e-bike/motorcycle riders and automobile drivers; meanwhile, helmet-wearing increased in e-bike/motorcycle riders/passengers and seatbelt usage increased in automobile drivers/passengers one year after the initiation of the campaign.

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ISSN: 1001-0580 (Print)
Publisher: Editorial Office of Chinese Journal of Public Health
Country of publisher: China
LCC subjects: Medicine: Public aspects of medicine
Website: https://www.zgggws.com/indexen.htm

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