Prevalence of distracted driving by driver characteristics in the United States - Cox AE, Cicchino JB, Reagan IJ, Zuby DS.
INTRODUCTION: Distracted driving is a long-standing traffic safety concern, though common secondary tasks continually evolve. The goal of this study was to measure the prevalence of self-reported distracted driving behaviors, including activities made poss...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news

Psychosocial safety and health hazards and their impacts on offshore oil and gas workers - D'Antoine E, Jansz J, Barifcani A, Shaw-Mills S, Harris M, Lagat C.
The offshore oil and gas working environment is an inherently dangerous one, with risks posed to physical safety on a daily basis. One neglected field of research is the added psychosocial stressors present in this environment. This research examined the e...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news

Roadway departure crashes in Vietnam: identifying the sequence of events, causes, and countermeasures by applying the crash reconstruction technique - Nguyen DVM, Vu AT.
The horizontal curve segment is where traffic crashes often occur in rural areas of Vietnam. Although many safety countermeasures have been implemented, their effectiveness still needs to improve. The main reason is that the implemented countermeasures are...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news

The impact of non-driving related tasks on the development of driver sleepiness and takeover performances in prolonged automated driving - Pan H, He H, Wang Y, Cheng Y, Dai Z.
INTRODUCTION: Vehicle automation is thought to improve road safety since numerous accidents are caused by human error. However, the lack of active involvement and monotonous driving environments due to automation may contribute to drivers' passive fatigue ...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news

Intimate partner cyberstalking among young adults: associations with attachment and social support - Reiss DM, Curbow BA, Wang MQ.
Intimate partner cyberstalking (IPC) is an understudied public health problem that often occurs among young adults. There is limited research examining psychosocial constructs related to IPC. The purpose of this study was to test associations among attachm...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Young Adults Source Type: news

Community pharmacist encounters with patients displaying suicide warning signs: a cross-sectional survey - Witry MJ, Carpenter DM.
BACKGROUND: Mental health is a prominent public health issue exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Community pharmacists are positioned to contribute. OBJECTIVES: Describe [state] community pharmacists' encounters, confidence, behaviors, and traini...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

Association between social vulnerability index and hospital readmission following gunshot injuries - Siu M, Perez Coulter A, Knee A, Tirabassi MV.
INTRODUCTION: No association regarding classification of social vulnerability and outcomes of patients with gunshot injury have been described. Our goal was to assess whether the socioeconomic vulnerability index (SVI), is associated with an increased risk...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Attention to the needs of women and girls in WASH: an analysis of WASH policies in selected sub-Saharan African countries - Dogoli MA, Nunbogu AM, Elliott SJ.
There has been a push for understanding gendered violence in WASH in recent times. Attention is therefore shifting to how these issues are conceptualised, considering their embeddedness in context. One step primarily is to understand how existing policies ...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Balancing digital forensic investigation with cybersecurity for heavy vehicle traffic crashes - Rayno M, Daily J.
After a traffic crash event, traffic crash investigators collect evidence and data to assist in reconstructing the events to determine crash causation. Some of the data collected in a crash investigation is in the form of digital data from event data recor...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Challenges and adaptations experienced by intimate partner violence service providers during COVID-19 pandemic - Nahar S, Runnels RC, Dellanebbia AM.
Purpose: COVID-19 is an unprecedented pandemic that has caused an increase in the intimate partner violence (IPV) victims rate, and social service-providing agencies shifted to emergency online and distance service-providing systems. In our...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Construction industry workers' compensation injury claims due to slips, trips, and falls - Ohio, 2010-2017 - Socias-Morales C, Konda S, Bell JL, Wurzelbacher SJ, Naber SJ, Scott Earnest G, Garza EP, Meyers AR, Scharf T.
This study describes the burden and circumstances surrounding injuries related to compensable slip, trip, and fall (STF) claims from private constructi...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Determinants of the duration of sick leave due to occupational injuries: evidence from Spanish manufacturing - Arocena P, Garc ía-Carrizosa LM.
INTRODUCTION: Despite the significant economic impact of occupational injuries on companies and society, studies focused on analyzing the determinants of workdays lost due to sick leave remain scarce and incomplete. This paper contributes to this issue by ...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Insights into ionic liquids for flame retardant: a study based on bibliometric mapping - Pan K, Liu H, Wang Z, Ji W, Wang J, Huang R, Wei Z, Ye D, Xu C, Wang H.
Fire is a typical disaster in the processing industry. Ionic liquids, as a type of green flame retardant, play an important role in process safety. In order to grasp the current research status, hotspots, and frontiers in the field of ionic liquids in flam...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news

Intervention mapping as a framework for developing and testing an intervention to promote safety at a rail infrastructure maintenance company - van der Beek D, Steijn WMP, Groeneweg J.
In this article, the authors apply the intervention mapping (IM) protocol to develop safety leadership training for a rail infrastructure maintenance company. The IM protocol helps to create an evidence-based intervention in a structured way, based on conc...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news

Investigating the influence of visuospatial stimuli on driver's speed perception: a laboratory study - K öhler AL, Klatt M, Koch I, Ladwig S.
Driving at an inappropriate speed is a major accident cause in the EU. Understanding the underlying sensory mechanisms can help to reduce speed and increase traffic safety. The present study investigated the effect of visuospatial stimuli on speed percepti...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news

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