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.
Kakefuda
Itsumi
I
Colorado Injury Control Research Center, Department of Psychology, Colorado State University, 100 Sage Hall, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1879, USA. kakefuda@lamar.colostate.edu
Stallones
Lorann
L
Gibbs
Julie
J
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