Greetings TRB Health and Transportation Subcommittee friends,
APHA’s Public Health Newswire featured a couple of posts on driver safety today.
To read these posts, scroll down this email or visit
http://www.publichealthnewswire.org/
Have a good weekend,
Eloisa
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Female drivers at greater risk of injury, says new study
<http://www.publichealthnewswire.org/?p=1626>
Posted: 21 Oct 2011 07:37 AM PDT
Female drivers experience greater vulnerabilities when involved in motor vehicle crashes,
according to a new study published online yesterday in the American Journal of Public
Health. Researchers say the lack of tailoring of safety designs toward women may be to
blame. Using national crash data to determine the role of driver gender as a predictor of
injury outcome when involved in a crash, researchers found that belted female drivers are
more susceptible to injuries compared with belted male drivers when involved in a similar
motor vehicle crash. They also found that belted female drivers exhibited a higher risk of
chest and spine injuries compared with their male counterparts. The authors noted “a
higher risk of lower extreme injuries reported for female drivers as a result of their
relatively short stature, preferred seating posture and a combination of these factors
yielding lower safety protection from the standard restraint devices.” “One reason safety
systems are designed more for the male population is that men are three times more likely
to be involved in a car crash that leads to serious or fatal injuries,” according to a
story by ABC News. “In recent years, however, there has been an increase in female drivers
getting [...]
Latino health disparities, teen driver safety, mortgage delinquency linked to depression,
mercury ban <http://www.publichealthnewswire.org/?p=1621>
Posted: 21 Oct 2011 06:49 AM PDT
Lack of access to care leads to health disparties for Baltimore Latinos, a possible ban on
mercury concerns scientists, plus findings from a new issue of the American Journal of
Public Health are among the top public health news stories for Friday, Oct. 21, 2011.
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