Accidents by external causes in adolescents: care in sentinel urgency and emergency services in the Brazilian State Capitals-2009

Adolescents are seeking new references and experiences, which may involve attitudes of risk and exposure to accidents and violence from external causes. These events constitute a serious Public Health problem. The scope of this study was to analyze the occurrence of accidents by external causes in adolescents from 10 to 19 years of age attended at sentinel urgency and emergency services in Brazil. Data from the 2009 Surveillance System for Violence and Accidents (VIVA 2009) was analyzed in 74 emergency units in 23 state capitals and the Federal District. The findings revealed that 6,434 adolescents (89.8%) were victims of accidents and 730 (10.2 %) were victims of violence. The main causes of the accidents were falls and traffic accidents, and assaults were predominant in violence. For both accidents and violence, non-white male adolescents were predominant and the events occurred most frequently on the public highways. A marked increase was detected, with hospitalization of victims of violence between 15 and 19 years of age. Understanding the epidemiological reality of external causes among adolescents represents an important tool for health prevention and promotion policies and the culture of peace seeking to reduce morbidity and mortality.

Investigation of the impact of medians on road users /

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Air accident investigation among regulatory agencies

The aim of this manuscript is to describe and compare regulatory aviation agencies according to their subordination and attributions to investigate air accidents. Possible consequences in identifying the contributory factors are also presented. Distinct procedures investigating air accidents among agencies lead to a lack of standardization of the statistics, making it difficult to analyze the data globally. Separately the information does not configure the entire scenario of what occurred, affecting the analysis and subsequent interventions. We recommend a joint and collaborative work between the different committees that operate in the investigation of air accidents.

Loss to assets : production of power from speed breaker

In this work, prospect and feasibility of power generation by using speed breakers has been investigated. In this project a mechanism to generate power by converting the potential energy generated by a vehicle going up on a speed breaker into kinetic energy. This arrangement is made one rotation as soon as the vehicle moves over the speed breaker and has been increased using gears. After the production electricity, a storing unit has been used to hoard the generated electricity during the day and will be used during the night. Two prototypes have made using rack and pinion gear, spur gear, springs and generator .From which a considerable amount of energy is obtained. Nonetheless the cost of the prototype was inexpensive which proves the feasibility of this project and the idea can be applied on heavy traffic roads. Further investigation is being carried on to introduce the technology for practical approach.

Resistir na escola... desafios à transformação

Dissertação de mestrado, Ciências da Educação (Especialização em Educação Intercultural), Universidade de Lisboa, Instituto de Educação, 2014

Causas externas em adolescentes: atendimentos em serviços sentinelas de urgência e emergência nas Capitais Brasileiras - 2009

Os adolescentes estão em busca de novas referências e experiências, o que pode implicar atitudes de risco e exposição às causas externas - acidentes e violências. Estes eventos constituem um grave problema em Saúde Pública. O objetivo deste estudo foi analisar as ocorrências de causas externas em adolescentes de 10 a 19 anos atendidos em serviços sentinela de urgência e emergência no Brasil. Foram analisados dados do inquérito da Vigilância de Violências e Acidentes (Inquérito VIVA 2009) em 74 Unidades de Emergência em 23 capitais e no Distrito Federal. Os achados mostraram que 6.434 (89,8%) adolescentes foram vítimas de acidentes e 730 (10,2 %) de violências. As principais causas de acidentes foram as quedas, outros acidentes e o trânsito e entre as violências predominaram as agressões. Tanto para acidentes como para violências os adolescentes do sexo masculino e a raça/cor não branca foram predominantes; as ocorrências foram mais frequentes na via pública. A alta foi a evolução mais frequente, com maior ocorrência de internação hospitalar nas vítimas de violências entre 15 a 19 anos. Conhecer a realidade epidemiológica das causas externas entre os adolescentes representa uma importante ferramenta para as políticas de prevenção, promoção à saúde e da cultura de paz, visando à redução da morbimortalidade.

Pedestrian protection.

Mode of access: Internet.

The application of social marketing in reducing road traffic accidents amoung young male drivers: an investigation using physical fear threat appeals

There were 338 road fatalities on Irish roads in 2007. Research in 2007 by the Road Safety Authority in Ireland states that young male drivers (17 – 25 years) are seven times more likely to be killed on Irish roads than other road users. The car driver fatality rate was found to be approximately 10 times higher for young male drivers than for female drivers in 2000. Young male drivers in particular demonstrate a high proclivity for risky driving behaviours. These risky behaviours include drink driving, speeding, rug-driving and engaging in aggressive driving. Speed is the single largest contributing factor to road deaths in Ireland. Approximately 40% of fatal accidents are caused by excessive or inappropriate speed. This study focuses on how dangerous driving behaviours may be addressed through social marketing. This study analyses the appropriate level of fear that needs to be induced in order to change young male driving behaviour.

Multidisciplinary investigations of highway traffic accidents. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Pedestrian accidents occurring on freeways: an investigation of causative factors, accident data collection and analysis. Volume III: appendixes. Final report, phases III and IV.

Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C.

Pedestrian accidents occurring on freeways: an investigation of causative factors, accident data collection and analysis. Volume I: executive summary. Final report, phases III and IV.

Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C.

Pedestrian accidents occurring on freeways: an investigation of causative factors, accident data collection and analysis. Volume II. Final report, phases III and IV.

Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C.

Effect of rain on travel demand and traffic accidents

This paper studies the effect of rain on travel demand measured on the Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway (MEX). Rainfall data monitored by the Japan Meteorological Agency's meso-scale network of weather stations are used. This study found that travel demand decreases during rainy days and, in particular, larger reductions occur over the weekend. The effect of rainfall on the number of accidents recorded on 10 routes on the MEX is also analysed. Statistical testing shows that the average frequency of accidents, during periods of rainfall, is significantly different from the average frequency at other times.