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

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...

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Main Authors:	Mohamed Ariffin, Suzilawati, Setapani, Mimi Nor Aliza
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Ministry of Human Resources Malaysia 2018
Subjects:	RT Nursing
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spelling	iium-664652018-10-09T07:25:12Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/66465/ Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding motorcycle helmet usage among secondary school students in Kuantan, Malaysia Mohamed Ariffin, Suzilawati Setapani, Mimi Nor Aliza RT Nursing 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 National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Ministry of Human Resources Malaysia 2018-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/66465/1/66465_Knowledge%2C%20Attitude%20and%20Practice%20Regarding.pdf 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 http://www.niosh.com.my/images/Journal/2018/Article/2018-JOSHFULL-ARTICLE-3---JUNE-2018-31-38.pdf
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description	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
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author	Mohamed Ariffin, Suzilawati Setapani, Mimi Nor Aliza
author_facet	Mohamed Ariffin, Suzilawati Setapani, Mimi Nor Aliza
author_sort	Mohamed Ariffin, Suzilawati
title	Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding motorcycle helmet usage among secondary school students in Kuantan, Malaysia
title_short	Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding motorcycle helmet usage among secondary school students in Kuantan, Malaysia
title_full	Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding motorcycle helmet usage among secondary school students in Kuantan, Malaysia
title_fullStr	Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding motorcycle helmet usage among secondary school students in Kuantan, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding motorcycle helmet usage among secondary school students in Kuantan, Malaysia
title_sort	knowledge, attitude and practice regarding motorcycle helmet usage among secondary school students in kuantan, malaysia
publisher	National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Ministry of Human Resources Malaysia
publishDate	2018
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/66465/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/66465/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/66465/1/66465_Knowledge%2C%20Attitude%20and%20Practice%20Regarding.pdf
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Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding motorcycle helmet usage among secondary school students in Kuantan, Malaysia

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