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Alberta Occupant Restraint Program (AORP): A Study to Seek Reasons for the
Low Seat Belt Wearing Rate in RHA 9
Background
Goal
Objectives
Status
A recent rural seatbelt wearing survey undertaken by AORP showed that
although the average seat belt wearing rate in Alberta was 87.9% for drivers
and 83.9% for passengers, in Regional Health Authority #9, the wearing rate
was 78.3% for drivers and 72.5% for passengers - a difference of about 10%.
This health region had the lowest seat belt wearing rate of all Alberta health
regions that participated in the most recent Alberta Rural Seat Belt Survey.
To better understand the reasons for the lower seatbelt wearing rate in RHA 9
and to determine the extent to which the local oil and gas – related industries
located in RHA 9 reflects the lower seat belt wearing rate.
1. To determine the relationship between people’s reasons for not wearing seat
belts and relevant local industrial factors.
2. To determine the relationship between people’s reasons for not wearing seat
belts and relevant community norms or how seat belt wearing behavior
relates to people’s other behaviours.
3. To establish what lines of reasoning would most likely motivate non seat
belt wearers to wear seat belts.
4. To establish if there are different ways of thinking between oil workers in
Edmonton and those working in RHA 9.
Report completed and submitted.
Partners & Sponsors • Alberta Occupant Restraint Program (AORP)
Contact
Dr. Peter Rothe, Senior Associate
Phone: (780) 492-7066
Email: peter.rothe@ualberta.ca
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