Readiness for community-based bicycle helmet use programs: a study using community-and individual-level readiness models.
Understanding community context is as important to develop effective community-based injury prevention programs as assessing attitudes and behaviors among individuals. Readiness of a community toward community efforts to promote bicycle helmet use and of individuals to use bicycle helmets were examined in a northern Colorado town in the United States, using a semi-qualitative approach. Community readiness and individual readiness to prevent injuries through use of bicycle helmets differed across groups. The findings provide a better understanding of interactions between community perceptions and individual attitudes and behaviors. Further, target groups for improving bicycle helmet use were identified.
Colorado Injury Control Research Center, Department of Psychology, Colorado State University, 100 Sage Hall, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1879, USA. kakefuda@lamar.colostate.edu
Itsumi
I
Kakefuda
Lorann
L
Stallones
Julie
J
Gibbs
D000328:Adult; D001642:Bicycling; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D005260:Female; D006260:Head Protective Devices; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016730:Program Development; D011482:Protective Devices