http://hdl.handle.net/2440/17680 2013-05-24T23:54:25Z 2013-05-24T23:54:25Z Sandoz, Baptiste Dutschke, Jeffrey Kym Liu, Q. Manavis, Jim Finnie, John Walker Vink, Robert Anderson, Robert William Gerard http://hdl.handle.net/2440/77444 2013-05-07T01:30:16Z 2011-12-31T13:30:00Z

Title: In vivo biomechanical response of ovine heads to shaken baby syndrome events Author: Sandoz, Baptiste; Dutschke, Jeffrey Kym; Liu, Q.; Manavis, Jim; Finnie, John Walker; Vink, Robert; Anderson, Robert William Gerard

2011-12-31T13:30:00Z Wundersitz, Lisa Narelle Hutchinson, Timothy Paul http://hdl.handle.net/2440/77179 2013-05-01T05:01:01Z 2011-12-31T13:30:00Z

Title: Risky behaviours: preferable to crashes for evaluating road safety mass media campaigns? Author: Wundersitz, Lisa Narelle; Hutchinson, Timothy Paul Abstract: Decades of research have failed to establish whether or not mass media advertising can reduce road crashes. The probable reason is that the random variability in crash numbers is too great (and, campaigns being very cheap per person reached, even low effectiveness may be enough to be worthwhile). Three alternatives to before-after comparison of crashes as the method of determining effectiveness of an intervention are discussed. These are real-world experiments of high methodological quality, laboratory experiments of the social psychological type, and the measurement of safety-related behaviors. The third of these, before-after comparison of behaviors or variables that can be objectively observed and are closely linked to safety, is suggested as the most promising. However, the behaviors that might plausibly be used as proxies for crashes are quite few in number, and there is an urgent research need to find more of them, together with theory implying that a change in the behavior does indeed mean a change in safety.

2011-12-31T13:30:00Z McLean, Jack http://hdl.handle.net/2440/76367 2013-04-03T04:30:05Z 2011-12-31T13:30:00Z

Title: Reflections on speed control from a public health perspective Author: McLean, Jack Abstract: The level of understanding of the risks associated with speed and speeding is increasing. However, this is not fully reflected in the implementation of speed reduction measures nor in an awareness of the significance of these risks by the general population. This paper reviews approaches to three other public health-related behaviours about which public perceptions and attitudes have changed radically - smoking, seatbelt wearing, and drink driving. The paper examines the evolution of policies and strategies designed to manage these public health issues and bring about enduring changes in people's behaviour. In each case, identification and understanding of the problem has derived from epidemiological investigations of the behaviours themselves, which in turn have provided the basis for the introduction of control measures. This has significant implications for improved management of travelling speed. The aim of this paper, therefore, is to assess opportunities for the further development, introduction and acceptance of measures used to control speed and reduce the incidence of speed-related crashes.

2011-12-31T13:30:00Z Thompson, James Peter Baldock, Matthew Robert Justin Mathias, Jane Leanne Wundersitz, Lisa Narelle http://hdl.handle.net/2440/76246 2013-03-26T01:30:04Z 2012-12-31T13:30:00Z

Title: An examination of the environmental, driver and vehicle factors associated with the serious and fatal crashes of older rural drivers Author: Thompson, James Peter; Baldock, Matthew Robert Justin; Mathias, Jane Leanne; Wundersitz, Lisa Narelle

2012-12-31T13:30:00Z