THE SAFE COMMUNITY CONCEPT – A SUCCESSFUL TOOL FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND SAFETY PROMOTION

Volume 28, Number 7 (2018)

Birutė Strukčinskienė, Sabine Distl, Sigitas Griškonis Abstract Injuries remain to be one of the leading causes of de­ath and disability in any region of the world. Interna­tional Safe Community Programme is most important programme for injury prevention and safety promo­tion in community. The aim of study was to introduce the concept of Safe Community as…

Road Safety in Schoolchildren in Klaipeda District

Volume 23, Number 3(88) (2013)

Birutė Strukčinskienė, Sigitas Griškonis, Juozas Raistenskis, Vaiva Strukčinskaitė, Neringa Tarvydienė Abstract The survey on road safety behaviour in schoolchildren was accomplished in Klaipeda district, Lithuania. In the survey, 1009 schoolchildren aged 11, 13, and 15 years participated. Chi-square test was used and the significance level p <0.05 was considered statistically significant. The survey revealed that…