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Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 29 avhandlingar innehållade ordet helmet.

1. 11. The impact of safe community program on safety promotion among motorcyclists in Iran with focus on helmet usage

   Författare :Alireza Moghisi; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Nyckelord :Safe community;

   Sammanfattning : Background: Injuries to motorcyclists are an important public health problem. Motorcycles' riders and pillions have the highest public health burden in terms of disability adjusted life years (DALY) lost. Many countries are facing the problem of a rapidly growing motorcyclists' death. LÄS MER

3. 12. The promotion of safe behaviours at the community level : evaluation of a bicycle helmet-wearing campaign among 5- to 12-year-old children

   Författare :Céline Farley; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Nyckelord :Safe behaviour; community-based program evaluation; bicycle helmet; voluntary behavioural change; socio-economic context. Säkert beteende; samhällsbaserad programutvärdering; cykelhjälm; frivillig beteendeändring; socioekonomiskt sammanhang.;

   Sammanfattning : Bicycle-related injuries are among the most important public health problems in childhood. In the Montérégie Region (Québec, Canada), at the beginning of the 1990s, a 4-year community-based program aimed at promoting voluntary bicycle helmet wearing among children aged 5-12 was implemented. LÄS MER

4. 13. Numerical Accident Reconstructions : A Biomechanical Tool to Understand and Prevent Head Injuries

   Författare :Madelen Fahlstedt; Svein Kleiven; Peter Halldin; Michael Gilchrist; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Head injuries; Accident Reconstruction; Finite element analysis; Injury prevention; Helmet; Cyclist; Pedestrian; Epidemiology; Applied Medical Technology; Tillämpad medicinsk teknik;

   Sammanfattning : Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) are a major health and socioeconomic problem throughout the world, with an estimated 10 million deaths and instances of hospitalization annually. Numerical methods such as finite element (FE) methods can be used to study head injuries and optimize the protection, which can lead to a decrease in the number of injuries. LÄS MER

5. 14. Injuries in Skaraborg County, Sweden : surveillance, analysis, and evaluation of community intervention at municipal and county level

   Författare :Robert Ekman; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Nyckelord :accident; bicycle-helmet; children; community intervention; epidemiology; evaluation; injury; municipality-based program; prevention; process evaluation; safecommunity; traffic; school; unintentional injury.;

   Sammanfattning : The Falköping Accident Prevention Program (FAPP) is based in Skaraborg County, Sweden. An injury register was started in 1978, and intervention began in 1979. Three years later the rate of injuries had fallen by 23%. LÄS MER

7. 15. Prevention of Head Injuries - focusing Specifically on Oblique Impacts

   Författare :Magnus Aare; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :head injury; helmets; oblique impacts; FEM;

   Sammanfattning : The massive number of injuries sustained in trafficaccidents is a growing problem worldwide, especially indeveloping countries. In 1998, more than one million peoplewere killed in traffic accidents worldwide, while about tentimes as many people were injured. LÄS MER