Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding motorcycle helmet usage among secondary school students in Kuantan, Malaysia

Mohamed Ariffin, Suzilawati and Setapani, Mimi Nor Aliza (2018) Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding motorcycle helmet usage among secondary school students in Kuantan, Malaysia. Journal of Occupational Safety and Health, 15 (1). pp. 27-34. ISSN 1675-5456

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Abstract

Malaysia has the highest road fatality risk (per 100,000 populations) compared to other ASEAN nations and more than 50% of the road accident fatalities involving motorcyclists. Hence, this becomes the leading cause of death among young people, aged 15–29 years. The most common cause of fatalities involving motorcyclist is the head injury., This present study aimed to evaluate the knowledge, attitude, and practice on helmet usage among secondary school students in Kuantan. A descriptive cross-sectional design (two months of data collection) was used in this study. Questionnaires were distributed to 200 participants from two schools in Kuantan. The main finding of this study suggests that common reason for the participants to wear a helmet is that ‘it can save a life’. Besides that, the poor practice regarding helmet usage was also found as only 4.5% of them wore the helmet all the time. However, the overall result showed that most of the participants have a good knowledge and positive attitude regarding utilization of helm

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	6415/66465
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Attitude, Head Injury, Helmet Usage, Knowledge, Practice
Subjects:	R Medicine > RT Nursing
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Nursing > Department of Critical Care Nursing Kulliyyah of Nursing
Depositing User:	Ms Suzilawati Mohamed Ariffin
Date Deposited:	09 Oct 2018 15:25
Last Modified:	09 Oct 2018 15:25
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/66465

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