Centro de Investigación en Sistemas de Salud del Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México.
Int J Inj Contr Saf Promot. 2012;19(1):69-79. doi: 10.1080/17457300.2011.603155. Epub 2011 Aug 9.
The consequences of fatal and non-fatal road traffic injuries (RTI) at the personal and household levels were analysed using qualitative interviews of 12 injured and of 12 relatives of people who died for this reason. Collisions change physical and mental health both of the injured and of their relatives. This leads to changes in daily activities and even to the redefinition of future life. RTI also changes the way people see and act in life, becoming an experience that teaches them. Survivors commonly transmit a road safety message afterwards. Changes in family life were evident (in extreme cases family's composition also changed), affecting intra-familial relationships. Associated unexpected and unplanned expenditures and loss of income have consequences in the short, medium and long term that unbalance household's economies and immerse people into a constant stress. Individuals and family's future plans are occasionally condition to whether they have or not debts. Household dependence in economic terms was sometimes observed, as well as uncertainty about future life and household's sustainability. Sometimes, households change and adapt their life to what they now are able to afford, having important repercussions in vital spheres.
采用定性访谈的方法，对 12 名道路交通事故伤害（RTI）致死者的亲属和 12 名伤者进行分析，研究 RTI 在个人和家庭层面造成的后果。碰撞会改变受伤者及其亲属的身心健康。这导致日常活动的改变，甚至未来生活的重新定义。RTI 还改变了人们对生活的看法和行为方式，成为一种经验教训。幸存者通常会在事后传递道路安全信息。家庭生活发生了明显的变化（在极端情况下，家庭的组成也发生了变化），影响了家庭内部的关系。由此产生的短期、中期和长期的意外和计划外支出及收入损失，使家庭经济失去平衡，并使人们长期处于压力之中。个人和家庭的未来计划偶尔取决于他们是否有债务。家庭在经济上的依赖情况时有发生，对未来生活和家庭可持续性的不确定性也时有发生。有时，家庭会根据自己的经济能力来改变和适应生活，这对重要的生活领域会产生重大影响。
