Impact of an educational program on the safety of high-risk, visually impaired, older drivers

Owsley, Cynthia; McGwin, Gerald; Phillips, James; McNeal, Sandre F.; Stalvey, Beth T.

doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2003.12.005

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“…By contrast, several high-ranking studies have reported the contrary. Others have noted that education does not by itself guarantee competency and effectiveness (e.g., Lourens et al, 1999;Owsley et al, 2004), and that there is no relationship between level of education and accident involvement. In a study among military recruits, O'Toole (1990) found the risk of mortality among lowereducated army recruits relatively higher than their highereducated counterparts.…”

Section: Educational Attainment Accident Frequencies and Safety Manamentioning

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Educational status and organizational safety climate: Does educational attainment influence workers’ perceptions of workplace safety?

Gyekye

Salminen

2009

Safety Science

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From a practical perspective, understanding the impact of education on perceptions of workplace safety would benefit management's decisions regarding workers' adaptability, general work effectiveness, accident frequency, implementation of safety management policies, and handling of education-related accident characteristics. The current study thus examined the relationship between educational attainment and (i) safety perception, (ii) job satisfaction, (iii) compliance with safety management policies, and (iv) accident frequency. Participants were Ghanaian industrial workers (N = 320) categorized into four educational groups based on their responses: basic education 50% (n = 159); secondary education, n = 98 (30%); vocational/professional education, 17% (n = 56); and university education, 3% (n = 7). Workplace safety perception was assessed with Hayes et al.'s 50-item Work Safety Scale (WSS): a scale that effectively captures the dimensions identified by safety experts to influence perceptions of workplace safety. Multivariate analysis (MANOVA) was used to test for differences of statistical significance. Posterior comparison with t-test consistently revealed significant differences between the two higher-educated cohorts and their lower-educated counterparts. The results indicated a positive association between education and safety perception. Higher-educated workers recorded the best perceptions on safety, indicated the highest level of job satisfaction, were the most compliant with safety procedures and recorded the lowest accident involvement rate.

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Section: Educational Attainment Accident Frequencies and Safety Manamentioning

confidence: 99%

Educational status and organizational safety climate: Does educational attainment influence workers’ perceptions of workplace safety?

Gyekye

Salminen

2009

Safety Science

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“…Course graduates reported that they regulated their driving more following the course than a control group that did not attend the course. However, course graduates had slightly higher crash rates than the control group, both by person-mile and person-year, though the differences were not statistically significant (Owsley et al, 2004).…”

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confidence: 82%

Countermeasures that work: A highway safety countermeasure guide for state highway safety offices

Goodwin¹,

Thomas²,

Hall³

et al. 2007

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“…Owsley and colleagues found that visually impaired participants reported avoiding more challenging driving situations after an educational intervention (Owsley et al, 2003); however, the intervention had no impact on driving safety (as measured by crashes) two years later (Owsley et al, 2004). Similarly, Bédard and colleagues (2004), examined a widely-used educational intervention and found that the training did not result in significant improvements during an on-road evaluation.…”

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Road safety in an aging population: risk factors, assessment, interventions, and future directions

Anstey

Eramudugolla

Ross

et al. 2016

Int. Psychogeriatr.

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With the number of older drivers projected to increase by up to 70% over the next 20 years, preventing injury resulting from crashes involving older drivers is a significant concern for both policy-makers and clinicians. While the total number of fatal crashes per annum has steadily decreased since 2005 in Australia, the rate of fatalities has demonstrated an upward trend since 2010 in drivers aged 65 years and above (8.5 per 100,000), such that it is now on par with the fatality rate in drivers aged 17–25 years (8.0 per 100,000) (Austroads, 2015). Similar statistics are reported for the United States (NHTSA, 2012), implying there is a need for better identification of those older drivers who are unsafe and implementation of strategies that can enhance mobility while maximizing road safety.

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Impact of an educational program on the safety of high-risk, visually impaired, older drivers

Cited by 129 publications

References 22 publications

Educational status and organizational safety climate: Does educational attainment influence workers’ perceptions of workplace safety?

Educational status and organizational safety climate: Does educational attainment influence workers’ perceptions of workplace safety?

Countermeasures that work: A highway safety countermeasure guide for state highway safety offices

Road safety in an aging population: risk factors, assessment, interventions, and future directions

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