OBJECTIVE: This study examined bicycle helmet attitudes and practices of college undergraduates and developed the Bicycle Helmet Attitudes Scale, which was guided by the Health Belief Model (HBM; Rosenstock, 1974, in Becker MH, ed. The Health Belief Model and Personal Health Behavior. Thorofare, NJ: Charles B. Slack; 1974:328-335) to predict reported helmet use. PARTICIPANTS: Students (N = 337) from a mid-sized university in the southeast completed a survey between November 2006 and November 2007. METHODS: Participants completed a comprehensive survey on attitudes and behaviors relevant to bicycle helmet use. RESULTS: The resulting Bicycle Helmet Attitudes Scale contains 57 items and represents 10 reliable subscales that reflect the HBM. Only 12% of students were self-reported helmet users. Bicycle Helmet Attitudes Scale scores captured 52% of the variance associated with helmet use; each subscale differentiated wearers from nonwearers. Men reported more media influences than did women. CONCLUSIONS: The utility of the HBM to predicted bicycle helmet use was supported. Implications for promoting cycling safety are discussed.
OBJECTIVE: This study examined bicycle helmet attitudes and practices of college undergraduates and developed the Bicycle Helmet Attitudes Scale, which was guided by the Health Belief Model (HBM; Rosenstock, 1974, in Becker MH, ed. The Health Belief Model and Personal Health Behavior. Thorofare, NJ: Charles B. Slack; 1974:328-335) to predict reported helmet use. PARTICIPANTS: Students (N = 337) from a mid-sized university in the southeast completed a survey between November 2006 and November 2007. METHODS:Participants completed a comprehensive survey on attitudes and behaviors relevant to bicycle helmet use. RESULTS: The resulting Bicycle Helmet Attitudes Scale contains 57 items and represents 10 reliable subscales that reflect the HBM. Only 12% of students were self-reported helmet users. Bicycle Helmet Attitudes Scale scores captured 52% of the variance associated with helmet use; each subscale differentiated wearers from nonwearers. Men reported more media influences than did women. CONCLUSIONS: The utility of the HBM to predicted bicycle helmet use was supported. Implications for promoting cycling safety are discussed.
Authors: Paul Okyere; Peter Agyei-Baffour; Muriel Jean Harris; Charles Mock; Peter Donkor; Isaac Kofi Yankson; Ellis Owusu-Dabo Journal: J Community Health Date: 2021-04-02
Authors: Man Lai Cheung; Ka Yin Chau; Michael Huen Sum Lam; Gary Tse; Ka Yan Ho; Stuart W Flint; David R Broom; Ejoe Kar Ho Tso; Ka Yiu Lee Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health Date: 2019-06-26 Impact factor: 3.390
Authors: Ka Yin Chau; Michael Huen Sum Lam; Man Lai Cheung; Ejoe Kar Ho Tso; Stuart W Flint; David R Broom; Gary Tse; Ka Yiu Lee Journal: Health Psychol Res Date: 2019-09-24