Adolescent's perception of road risk on their routes to school in Makwanpur, Nepal; a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Busy and poor road infrastructure along routes to school poses high risk of traffic injury for children and adolescents. Ensuring every young person's safe journey to and from school is fundamental to achieving reductions in road injuries and Sustainable Development Goal 3.6. However, there is little evidence reporting adolescent's views about their school travel from low and middle income countries. This study aims to understand adolescent's perceptions of injury risks on their journey to school in Nepal.

Methods

We used Photo-Elicitation Interview (PEI) methods to collect data from fourteen purposively identified adolescents (12-16 years) who walk to Tribhuwan Secondary School along the East-West Highway which is known to be at high risk of crashes in Makwanpur,

SUBMITTER: Gautam P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8039181 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature