| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 345 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Front Cover; Traffic Safety Culture: Definition, Foundation, and Application; Copyright Page; Contents; About the Editors; List of Contributors; Preface; The Global Traffic Safety Crisis; The Need to Consider the Role of Culture in Traffic Safety; Toward a Traffic Safety Culture Paradigm; Structure of the Book; References; Acknowledgments; DEFINITION; Chapter 1 Building a Culture of Safety: Contributions from Public Health; Introduction; What Is Public Health?; Defining Traffic Safety as a Public Health Problem; A Vision for Traffic Safety Culture; The Role of Public Health |
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Public Health Efforts in the USThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; State Health Departments; Grassroots and Global Health Contributions to Traffic Safety; Public Health and Highway Safety Collaboration; Building a Culture of Safety; Future Challenges and Opportunities; Trade-offs between Safety and Mobility; New Technologies; Special Populations; Conclusions; Disclaimer; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 2 Ten Principles of Traffic Safety Culture; Purpose; Traffic Safety; Crash Factors; Belief Systems; Belief Origins; Social Identity; Social Environment; Traffic Safety Culture |
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Social EcologySummary; Implications for Practitioners; References; Chapter 3 Traffic Safety Culture and the Levels of Value Internalization: A List of Alterable Factors; Introduction; Levels of Attitudinal Change: Compliance, Identification, and Internalization; Compliance and the Theory of Planned Behavior; Identification and the Prototype Willingness Model; Internalization, Mindfulness, and the Ethos of Safety; Disentangling the Factors Determining Behavior; Behavioral Change Interventions and the Theory of Planned Behavior; Factors Derived from the TPB |
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Instrumental and Emotional Components of AttitudesImplicit and Explicit Attitudes; Normative Elements; The Role of Sanctions; Situational Factors and Situational Control; The Role of Past Behavior (Experience and Habitualization); Associations between the Prototype Willingness Model Constructs; Factors Derived from the PWM; Negative and Positive Images; Willingness; The Level of Internalized Values: Safety Ethos and Mindfulness; Safety Ethos; Mindfulness; Implications for Practitioners: A List of Factors, Functional Dimensions and Some Practical Examples |
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Interventions at the Level of ComplianceInterventions at the Level of Identification; Interventions at the Level of Internalization; Conclusions; Acknowledgment; References; Chapter 4 Guidance for the Measurement and Analysis of Traffic Safety Culture; Introduction; Measuring Traffic Safety Culture; Potential Methods to Measure Traffic Safety Culture; Question Design; Measuring Behavior; Example; Measuring Willingness; Example; Measuring Intention; Example; Measuring Attitudes; Example; Measuring Behavioral Beliefs; Example; Measuring Prototypical Image; Example; Measuring Perceived Norms |
| Summary |
This book provides traffic safety researchers and practitioners with an international and multi-disciplinary compendium of theoretical and methodological concepts relevant to the research and application of Traffic Safety Culture aiming towards a vision of zero traffic fatalities |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, April 10, 2019) |
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Vendor-supplied metadata |
| Subject |
Traffic safety.
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Traffic accidents.
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Transport planning & policy.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Traffic accidents
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Traffic safety
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ward, Nicholas J., 1964- editor.
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Watson, Barry (Barry C.), editor.
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Fleming-Vogl, Katie. editor.
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| ISBN |
9781787146174 |
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1787146170 |
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9781787432499 |
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1787432491 |
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