Titre : | Youth and road safety in Europe. (2007) |
Auteurs : | Dinesh SETHI ; Francesco MITIS ; Francesca RACIOPPI ; World Health Organization (WHO). Regional Office for Europe (Copenhagen, DNK) |
Type de document : | Article : Ouvrage |
Dans : | Journal of epidemiology and community health (vol. 55, n° 12, 2007) |
Pagination : | 34p., [45p. |
Langues: | Français |
Classement : | FT00/ (ACCIDENTES, SECURITE ROUTIERE) |
Mots-clés : | Accident circulation ; Facteur risque ; Prévention santé ; Politique santé ; Europe ; Jeune adulte ; Adolescent ; Sécurité routière ; Casque ; Prévention accident |
Résumé : | Spectacular public health successes were achieved during the 20th century in fighting infectious disease, the historical killer of children and young adults in Europe. However, at the dawn of the new millennium, society confronts another threat to the well-being of people younger than 25 years, who make up one third of the population of the WHO European Region. Road traffic injuries kill as many as 32 000 people younger than 25 years old in the Region every year and injure or maim millions more. This burden is not equally distributed and is a source of growing inequality in health in the Region, both between countries and within countries, with socioeconomically disadvantaged groups being more at risk. These deaths and the millions of injuries and disabilities experienced by survivors are largely preventable. Children and young adults have the right to safety on the streets. In order to safeguard this, society needs to confront this growing challenge and coordinate its efforts to defeat this public health threat. This policy briefing is being published during the First United Nations Global Road Safety Week (23-29 April 2007), a week dedicated to young road users. The briefing has been written to complement the global report Youth and road safety and highlights the European problem and proposes solutions for the European context. It aims to provide its European audience of policy-makers and practitioners from the health, transport and other sectors, nongovernmental organizations and other members of civil society with a tool to advocate for the road safety of young people in Europe. |
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