TY - JOUR ID - 45815 TI - Results of a Campaign for Motorcycle Helmets Advocacy in a City in Southwest of Iran; A Population-Based Intervention Study JO - Bulletin of Emergency And Trauma JA - BEAT LA - en SN - 2322-2522 AU - Foroutan, Ali AU - Heydari, Seyed Taghi AU - Karvar, Mehran AU - Mohammadi, Leila AU - Sarikhani, Yaser AU - Akbari, Maryam AU - Lankarani, Kamran Bagheri AD - Shiraz Burn and Wound Healing Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran AD - Health Policy Research Center, Institute of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran AD - Health Human Resources Research Center, School of Management and Information Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran AD - Health Policy Research Center, Institute of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran Y1 - 2019 PY - 2019 VL - 7 IS - 4 SP - 404 EP - 410 KW - Motorcycle KW - Helmets KW - Advocacy KW - Interventions KW - Road traffic accident DO - 10.29252/beat-070410 N2 - Objective: We conducted a triple phase project for motorcycle helmets advocacy in Darab, a city in southwest Iran. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of the project on decreasing the hazards of motorcycle accidents. Methods: Using a questionnaire,data for ICU admission rates, hospital costs for patients who required ICU admission, rate of helmet usage, mortality and the duration of ICU care for patients admitted to Darab hospital due to motorcycle accidents in Winter 2015 (before conducting the project) and Winter 2016 (after conducting the project) were gathered and compared. This feature was also separately done for patients younger than 17 years. Results: The rate of wearing helmets increased significantly in winter 2016 (from 3.4 % to 33%). Also ICU admission rate due to head trauma was significantly decreased after the project was done (from 14.5 % to 4%). However, hospital costs for patients required ICU admission were increased in winter 2016. This increase, though not significant, seems to be due to an increase in health service expenses in the year 2016 as compared with the year 2015. The mortality rate was not significantly changed between the two mentioned years results. For patients younger than 17 years, no ICU admissions were needed in winter 2016. Conclusion: Even a short period of intervention can have positive effects on increasing the safety of motorcycle drivers. UR - https://beat.sums.ac.ir/article_45815.html L1 - https://beat.sums.ac.ir/article_45815_240486e884066e4555ec6aee18d2b057.pdf ER -