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Global road traffic injury prevention A Center for Injury Research and Policy (CIRP) team in Philadelphia, and a major multinational corporation, studied employee perceptions of road risks. The research was conducted in two Indian cities with high traffic injury rates. The results indicate the need ‘to balance customizing prevention efforts to the local environment with an overarching, evidence-based corporate strategy’. This conclusion was reached using interviews, focus groups and surveys. The study was published in the International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion. Comment: Flaura K Winston, the founder and scientific director of CIRP, summed it up saying, "This ‘glocal’ approach takes global issues and adapts them to a local context." 'Glocal' is a welcome useful word. Thanks Flaura. Motorcycle safety versus antilock brakes inaction One reason for the reversal in the decline in US traffic deaths is the persistent high toll among motorcyclists. It...
Source: Injury Prevention - Category: Accident Prevention Authors: Tags: News and notes Source Type: research