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Published in: BMC Public Health 1/2022

Open Access 01-12-2022 | Research

Exploring the facilitators and barriers to high-risk behaviors among school transportation drivers: a qualitative study

Authors: Shadi Fathizadeh, Mahmood Karimy, Mahmoud Tavousi, Fereshteh Zamani-Alavijeh

Published in: BMC Public Health | Issue 1/2022

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Abstract

Background

School transportation (ST) crashes are associated with serious adverse consequences, particularly for students in developing countries. High-risk behaviors (HRBs) of ST drivers are a major factor contributing to ST crashes. This study aimed at exploring the facilitators and barriers to HRBs among ST drivers.

Methods

This qualitative study was conducted in 2019–2020. Participants were ST drivers, students, parents, and school staff purposively selected from Tehran, Iran. Data were collected through in-depth semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions and were concurrently analyzed through conventional content analysis.

Findings

Participants were fifteen ST drivers with a mean age of 45 ± 10.2 years and 24 students, parents, and school staff with a mean age of 28.62 ± 16.08 years. The facilitators and barriers to HRBs came into five main categories, namely previous experiences of HRBs, perceived gains and risks of HRBs, motivating and inhibiting feelings and emotions, positive and negative subjective norms, and perceived mastery in driving.

Conclusion

A wide range of facilitators and barriers can affect HRBs among ST drivers. Strategies for preventing HRBs among ST drivers should be multidimensional and individualized and should focus on strengthening the barriers and removing the facilitators to HRBs.
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Metadata
Title
Exploring the facilitators and barriers to high-risk behaviors among school transportation drivers: a qualitative study
Authors
Shadi Fathizadeh
Mahmood Karimy
Mahmoud Tavousi
Fereshteh Zamani-Alavijeh
Publication date
01-12-2022
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Public Health / Issue 1/2022
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2458
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13630-x

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