School of Psychology, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia.
Int J Inj Contr Saf Promot. 2011 Sep;18(3):227-34. doi: 10.1080/17457300.2011.561926. Epub 2011 Jun 1.
Public knowledge and beliefs about injury prevention are currently poorly understood. A total of 1030 residents in the State of Queensland, Australia, responded to questions about injury prevention in or around the home, on the roads, in or on the water, at work, deliberate injury and responsibility for preventing deliberate injury allowing for comparison with reported injury prevalence data. Overall, the youngest members of society were identified as being the most vulnerable to deliberate injury with young adults accounting for 59% of responses aligning with reported data. However, younger adults failed to indicate an awareness of their own vulnerability to deliberate injury in alcohol environments even though 61% of older respondents were aware of this trend. Older respondents were the least inclined to agree that they could make a difference to their own safety in or around the home but were more inclined to agree that they could make a difference to their own safety at work. The results are discussed with a view to using improved awareness of public beliefs about injury to identify barriers to the uptake of injury prevention strategies (e.g. low perceived injury risk) as well as areas where injury prevention strategies may receive public support.
公众对伤害预防的知识和信念目前了解甚少。澳大利亚昆士兰州共有 1030 名居民对家庭内或周围、道路上、水上、工作中、故意伤害以及预防故意伤害的责任等方面的伤害预防问题做出了回应，这使我们能够将这些回应与报告的伤害流行数据进行比较。总的来说，社会中最年轻的成员被认为最容易受到故意伤害，其中 59%的年轻人的回应与报告数据一致。然而，尽管 61%的年长受访者意识到这一趋势，但年轻人并未意识到自己在酒精环境中易受故意伤害的影响。年长的受访者最不愿意承认他们可以在家庭内或周围环境中保障自己的安全，但更愿意承认他们可以在工作中保障自己的安全。讨论结果旨在利用公众对伤害的信念的增强意识，识别伤害预防策略的采用障碍（例如，低感知到的伤害风险），以及伤害预防策略可能获得公众支持的领域。
