Evaluation of the effectiveness of the 2019 school-based awareness campaign on road driving in the municipalities of Cotonou and Abomey-Calavi in Benin

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AuteurMAKOUTODE, CODJO ABODOURIN ALBERT CHARLES PATRICK
AuteurSOSSA JEROME, CHARLES
AuteurDANSOU, PLECK
AuteurGLELE AHANHANZO, YOLAINE
AuteurPARAISO, NOEL MOUSSILIOU
AuteurSOPOH, GHISLAIN EMMANUEL
Date d'ajout2026-06-02T16:06:57Z
Date de disponibilite2026-06-02T16:06:57Z
Date de publication2022
ResumeBeing the leading death cause among young people in the world, road acci-dents are avoidable through the adoption of simple attitudes and behaviors. Handicap International Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) has launched an awareness campaign in secondary schools in the municipalities of Coto-nou and Abomey-Calavito bring young Beninese users to adopt good atti-tudes and safe behavior while driving on the road. This study aims at assess-ing the effectiveness of this awareness campaign. It was an evaluative cross- sectional here-elsewhere type study, held in fourteen high schools in the cities of Cotonou and Abomey-Calavi, of which seven benefited from the campaign and seven did not. In each school, students were selected on the basis of two- stage random sampling. 656 students, 309 of whom were sensitized and 347 of whom were not, were included in this study. The campaign was quite ef-fective. Students, teachers, and school officials’ perceptions of the campaign were positive. In addition, the sensitized students had a better level of know-ledge (p = 0.001) and reported safer behaviors (p = 0.003) while driving on the road than those who were not aware. Although the effects are positive, they are still very small. Efforts must be continued and much remains to be done.
DOI10.4236/ojpm.2022.1212022Dec.30,2022
Autre identifiantBECDB-14175
URIhttps://dspace.uac.bj/handle/123456789/12094
Languefr
Fait partie deOpen Journal of Preventive Medicine
SujetRoad Accident
SujetCampaign
SujetHigh School
SujetStudent
SujetBénin
TitreEvaluation of the effectiveness of the 2019 school-based awareness campaign on road driving in the municipalities of Cotonou and Abomey-Calavi in Benin
TypeArticle

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