Road Accidents, Road Safety: The bad, the Good Omens to Public Health

ISBN-13: 9786138390442 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 140 str.

Yusuf Sarkingobir; Moyi Muhammad Zayyanu

Opis

Since several decades ago are measures, strategies, clues, etc in order to maintain safety of our roads or traffics. But with the advent and increase in population, motorization, industrialization and urbanization road accidents become predominant and among the leading causes of mortality, morbidity and property loss, consequently, eliciting responses and researches to curb that menace. Thus, this book entail to discuss the road safety measures (both old and emerging ones) the causes and types of road accidents, and ways to curtail the trend. Other issues that relates road accidents like substance abuse and youths, behavior change to road safety, Haddons matrix application in road accident prevention, risk factors of accidents etc were discussed. This book will be of benefit to policy makers, public health scholars and experts, students, sociologists and related experts.

O autorze

Sarkingobir, YusufYusuf Sarkingobir obtained Bachelors Degree in Biochemistry from Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto in 2012.He also Obtained MS.c Degree in Public Health from Maryam Abacha American University of Niger Maradi, Niger Republic in 2017. He is a teacher and lecturer at GDSS, Gwadabawa, Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto and SASHT respectively.