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Revista Salud Uninorte
Print version ISSN 0120-5552On-line version ISSN 2011-7531
Abstract
MARIN-ESCOBAR, JUAN CARLOS; MAURY-MENA, SARA CONCEPCIÓN; MARIN-BENITEZ, ANDREA CAROLINA and MAURY, ANTOLÍN. Effects of a Road, Traffic and Mobility Education Program on Attitudes and Knowledge of Schoolchildren in Barranquilla, Colombia. Salud, Barranquilla [online]. 2022, vol.38, n.2, pp.455-472. Epub May 23, 2023. ISSN 0120-5552. https://doi.org/10.14482/sun.38.2.610.
Introduction:
In Colombia, 7,000 people, in average, die every year from traffic accidents and others are seriously injured, with more than 30,000 injured in 2018. These figures reflect a public health problem, which makes it necessary to generate an awareness process to achieve change in attitude in all road actors, as well as increasing people's knowledge regarding mobilization and traffic signs.
Objective:
To determine the impact of an educational program on road knowledge in the adoption of safe attitudes towards traffic and mobility in schoolchildren aged 11 to 14 years from Barranquilla, Colombia.
Materials and methods:
This research is structured in a pre-test and post-test design with a comparison group with measurements through two scales: a scale of students' attitudes in relation to road safety, and a second instrument that assesses knowledge regarding traffic regulations and mobility.
Results:
It was found that there are significant differences between the children who had the educational experience in relation to traffic rules and signs.
Conclusions:
Road safety education is shown as a positive strategy in the formation of safe attitudes in relation to traffic and mobility regulations.
Keywords : public health and road safety; attitudes and road education; prevention; quasi-experimental study.