Search for dissertations about: "helmet"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 28 swedish dissertations containing the word helmet.

  2. 11. The impact of safe community program on safety promotion among motorcyclists in Iran with focus on helmet usage

    Author : Alireza Moghisi; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Safe community;

    Abstract : Background: Injuries to motorcyclists are an important public health problem. Motorcycles' riders and pillions have the highest public health burden in terms of disability adjusted life years (DALY) lost. Many countries are facing the problem of a rapidly growing motorcyclists' death. READ MORE

  4. 12. Numerical Accident Reconstructions : A Biomechanical Tool to Understand and Prevent Head Injuries

    Author : Madelen Fahlstedt; Svein Kleiven; Peter Halldin; Michael Gilchrist; KTH; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Head injuries; Accident Reconstruction; Finite element analysis; Injury prevention; Helmet; Cyclist; Pedestrian; Epidemiology; Applied Medical Technology; Tillämpad medicinsk teknik;

    Abstract : Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) are a major health and socioeconomic problem throughout the world, with an estimated 10 million deaths and instances of hospitalization annually. Numerical methods such as finite element (FE) methods can be used to study head injuries and optimize the protection, which can lead to a decrease in the number of injuries. READ MORE

  5. 13. Injuries in Skaraborg County, Sweden : surveillance, analysis, and evaluation of community intervention at municipal and county level

    Author : Robert Ekman; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : accident; bicycle-helmet; children; community intervention; epidemiology; evaluation; injury; municipality-based program; prevention; process evaluation; safecommunity; traffic; school; unintentional injury.;

    Abstract : The Falköping Accident Prevention Program (FAPP) is based in Skaraborg County, Sweden. An injury register was started in 1978, and intervention began in 1979. Three years later the rate of injuries had fallen by 23%. READ MORE

  6. 14. Prevention of Head Injuries - focusing Specifically on Oblique Impacts

    Author : Magnus Aare; KTH; []
    Keywords : head injury; helmets; oblique impacts; FEM;

    Abstract : The massive number of injuries sustained in trafficaccidents is a growing problem worldwide, especially indeveloping countries. In 1998, more than one million peoplewere killed in traffic accidents worldwide, while about tentimes as many people were injured. READ MORE

  7. 15. Assessing the effects of societal injury control interventions

    Author : Carl Bonander; Ragnar Andersson; Sven Bremberg; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; causal inference; epidemiology; injury; time series analysis; impact evaluation; Risk and Environmental Studies; Risk- och Miljöstudier;

    Abstract : Injuries have emerged as one of the biggest public health issues of the 21th century. Yet, the causal effects of injury control strategies are often questioned due to a lack of randomized experiments. READ MORE