Published in Child abuse & neglect
Research on child maltreatment and protection in the Arab Gulf Cooperation Council countries-Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)-is limited but growing, as is child protection as a sector. We aimed to identify themes and gaps in existing research on child maltreatment and protection, identify opportunities...
Published in Injury
Despite the plausibility that diabetes may increase the risk of motor vehicle crashes (MVCs) due to various diabetes related complications and co-morbidity, findings from epidemiological studies on the relationship between diabetes and MVCs remained inclusive mainly due to heterogeneity in the study design and failure to complete consideration of p...
Published in Heliyon
It is noted that most developing countries such as Ghana are still grappling with health and safety policies and practices as governments and corporations have made insignificant efforts. This study utilized a questionnaire since it is suitable for both illiterate and literate respondents and allows for the gathering of massive quantities of data i...
International audience
Published in IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
Accident occurring at junctions is a major problem in India. As per the annual report 2019, almost 50% of road accidents in India occurred at junctions. In this study, an attempt has been made to study the safety aspects of minor road junctions on MDR 132 in the Palwal District of Haryana State. The main aims of the present study are to study the s...
Published in Safety and health at work
In the event of an industrial accident, the appropriate choice of hospital is important for worker health and prognosis. This study investigates whether the choice of hospital by the employer in the case of industrial accidents affects the prognosis of injured employees. Data from the 2018 Panel Study of Workers' Compensation Insurance in Korea wer...
Published in Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology
Individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) often report driving-related obsessions, such as fears of causing accidents, but the risk of transport accidents in OCD is unknown. We investigated whether individuals with OCD have an increased risk of serious transport accidents and convictions due to traffic offenses and explored the role of p...
peer reviewed
Published in Pilot and feasibility studies
Commercial delivery cyclists represent a uniquely vulnerable and poorly understood road user. The primary aim of this study was to pilot whether cycling injuries could be categorised as either commercial or non-commercial using documentation entered into routine hospital medical records, in order to determine the feasibility of conducting a large c...
Published in International journal of injury control and safety promotion
Traffic accidents are still wide causation for fatalities around the globe. The set of alarm for this cause of deaths is still on, since the number of fatalities is still representing an enormous issue and a challenge for most governments. In Barcelona, similar to the rest of the world, traffic accidents are threatening lives and raising the need t...
