title: Level I trauma center internal campaign to increase safe driving by staff.
abstract: A 3-month internal campaign at our trauma center was conducted to improve employee motor vehicle safety and have employees serve as community role models. The injury-prevention coordinator and trauma program manager developed and implemented a campaign of high-visibility events. Effectiveness was evaluated through pre- and postcampaign surveys and seat belt-use observation and observation at 1 year. Although survey responses did not change, observed seat belt use increased significantly from 79% to 87%, with maintenance at 1 year (89%). No direct causal effect can be proven, but the campaign appears to have increased employee seat belt use.
authors.affiliation: College of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA. meltont@musc.edu
authors.forename: Thomas Jerome
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Melton
authors.forename: Deborah J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Couillard
authors.forename: Pamela L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Ferguson
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Power
authors.forename: E Douglass
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Norcross
authors.forename: Samir M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Fakhry
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001334:Automobile Driving / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002648:Child; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012449:Safety / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012622:Seat Belts / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013192:Staff Development / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014193:Trauma Centers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*