Mudassar Hussain, Katrina A Ronis.
Awareness and Attitude Towards Road Safety among Undergraduate Medical Students from Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences Jamshoro Pakistan.
Pak J Public Health Jan ;7(3):153-6.

Background: Road safety is not just a traffic law's enforcement problem for police; it is a major public health problem. It is public health concern, a burden of accident-related injuries, disabilities & mortalities on Health Services. Road traffic injuries are predicted to become the 5thleading cause of death globally by 2030, particularly amongst the young age group and middle aged group individuals who represent as most economically productive age group of the country. Methods: A cross sectional survey was conducted to ascertain the level of awareness and assess the attitude towards road safety measures among medical students in LUMHS Jamshoro. A pre structured and translated questionnaire was developed in order to interview the participants, total of 351 students were included in this study. Data analyses was done on SPSS version 20.0 and MS excel was also used for tables. Results: Over all attitude level towards seat belt usage shows (52.7%) were negative attitude level towards seat belt usage and remaining (47.3%) students had positive attitude. Over all attitude level towards helmet usage shows (47%) were negative attitude level towards helmet usage and (53%) were positive attitude. About 53.3% students were negative attitudes level to speeding. 57.3% students were having negative attitude level to driving after drinking alcohol or taking drugs. About Sixty five percentage students were shows over all negative level of attitude towards law and enforcement. Over all awareness level shows more than fifty percent 191(54.4%) having less level of awareness of road traffic measures and remaining 160(45.6%) were having more level of awareness, there is slightly high awareness in females (49%) then male (40.8%).more than sixty percent 63.5% participants were show over all less awareness about traffic signs and more female (40.6%) are aware then male (31.5%) about road traffic signs. Conclusion: conducted study put emphasis to generate awareness and attitude in medical students through awareness campaign, trainings, and curriculum activities accordingly to change behavior of medical students and control the epidemic of RTA's

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