The effect of rear seatbelt advocacy and law enforcement in reducing injuries among passenger vehicle occupants in Malaysia.

The increase in car usage due to economic prosperity has led to increase in occupant injuries. One way to reduce the injuries encountered by road accident victims is by implementing the rear seatbelt (RSB) law. Rear seatbelt wearing has been proven to save lives. In Malaysia, the implementation of...

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Main Authors:	Rohayu Sarani, Hizal Hanis Hashim, Wan Fairos Wan Yaakob, Norlen Mohamed, Radin Umar Radin Sohadi
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Published:	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2013
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6136/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6136/

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spelling	ukm-61362013-04-18T08:45:01Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6136/ The effect of rear seatbelt advocacy and law enforcement in reducing injuries among passenger vehicle occupants in Malaysia. Rohayu Sarani, Hizal Hanis Hashim, Wan Fairos Wan Yaakob, Norlen Mohamed, Radin Umar Radin Sohadi, The increase in car usage due to economic prosperity has led to increase in occupant injuries. One way to reduce the injuries encountered by road accident victims is by implementing the rear seatbelt (RSB) law. Rear seatbelt wearing has been proven to save lives. In Malaysia, the implementation of the restraint system for front occupant has started in the 70’s. However, the rear seatbelt enforcement law only came in 2009, after six months of an advocacy program. Prior to the introduction of the rear seatbelt law, rear seatbelt wearing rate was rather low, started to increase gradually during the advocacy period and jumped to the highest level after two month of the enforcement. This paper attempts to assess the effectiveness of the rear seatbelt intervention in reducing injuries among passenger car occupants in Malaysia using the generalized linear model (GLM). Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2013-04 Article PeerReviewed Rohayu Sarani, and Hizal Hanis Hashim, and Wan Fairos Wan Yaakob, and Norlen Mohamed, and Radin Umar Radin Sohadi, (2013) The effect of rear seatbelt advocacy and law enforcement in reducing injuries among passenger vehicle occupants in Malaysia. International Journal of Public Health Research, 3 (1). pp. 267-275. ISSN 2232-0245 http://www.ijphr.ukm.my
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description	The increase in car usage due to economic prosperity has led to increase in occupant injuries. One way to reduce the injuries encountered by road accident victims is by implementing the rear seatbelt (RSB) law. Rear seatbelt wearing has been proven to save lives. In Malaysia, the implementation of the restraint system for front occupant has started in the 70’s. However, the rear seatbelt enforcement law only came in 2009, after six months of an advocacy program. Prior to the introduction of the rear seatbelt law, rear seatbelt wearing rate was rather low, started to increase gradually during the advocacy period and jumped to the highest level after two month of the enforcement. This paper attempts to assess the effectiveness of the rear seatbelt intervention in reducing injuries among passenger car occupants in Malaysia using the generalized linear model (GLM).
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author	Rohayu Sarani, Hizal Hanis Hashim, Wan Fairos Wan Yaakob, Norlen Mohamed, Radin Umar Radin Sohadi,
spellingShingle	Rohayu Sarani, Hizal Hanis Hashim, Wan Fairos Wan Yaakob, Norlen Mohamed, Radin Umar Radin Sohadi, The effect of rear seatbelt advocacy and law enforcement in reducing injuries among passenger vehicle occupants in Malaysia.
author_facet	Rohayu Sarani, Hizal Hanis Hashim, Wan Fairos Wan Yaakob, Norlen Mohamed, Radin Umar Radin Sohadi,
author_sort	Rohayu Sarani,
title	The effect of rear seatbelt advocacy and law enforcement in reducing injuries among passenger vehicle occupants in Malaysia.
title_short	The effect of rear seatbelt advocacy and law enforcement in reducing injuries among passenger vehicle occupants in Malaysia.
title_full	The effect of rear seatbelt advocacy and law enforcement in reducing injuries among passenger vehicle occupants in Malaysia.
title_fullStr	The effect of rear seatbelt advocacy and law enforcement in reducing injuries among passenger vehicle occupants in Malaysia.
title_full_unstemmed	The effect of rear seatbelt advocacy and law enforcement in reducing injuries among passenger vehicle occupants in Malaysia.
title_sort	effect of rear seatbelt advocacy and law enforcement in reducing injuries among passenger vehicle occupants in malaysia.
publisher	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2013
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6136/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6136/
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The effect of rear seatbelt advocacy and law enforcement in reducing injuries among passenger vehicle occupants in Malaysia.

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