Need and Possibilities for Seat Belt Use Promotion in Bashkortostan, Russia

Bashkortostan is a republic in the Russian Federation with a population of 4.1 million. As with other health behaviors, the prevalence of seat belt use is low, which may account in part for the very high rate of motor-vehicle-related mortality in this republic. The authors discuss the need and poten...

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Published in:Evaluation & the Health Professions
Main Authors: Akhmadeeva, Leila, Andreeva, Valentina A., Sussman, Steve, Khusnutdinova, Zolya, Simons-Morton, Bruce G.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications 2008
Subjects:
Health Policy
Sakhalin
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0163278708320167
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0163278708320167
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Summary:Bashkortostan is a republic in the Russian Federation with a population of 4.1 million. As with other health behaviors, the prevalence of seat belt use is low, which may account in part for the very high rate of motor-vehicle-related mortality in this republic. The authors discuss the need and potential for translating seat belt promotion programming from other Russian regions and other countries to Bashkortostan. The authors conclude that current policies developed in other countries could work well in the republic, if they are enforced. Meanwhile, initiatives such as the Sakhalin Road Safety Partnership offer great potential for translation in Bashkortostan as well as in other regions with similarly low seat belt use prevalence.

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