Ole J Kemi, Victoria Penpraze, Nairn Scobie, Niall G MacFarlane
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Advances in physiology education
bicycle riding common activity children prone bicyclerelated injuries wellestablished injury prevention measures wearing helmet correctly riding bicycle reduce severity injury likelihood accident however increase bicycle injury prevention behaviors among children collectively fail engage injury prevention behaviors less well understood selfefficacy consistently predictive injury prevention behavior making important approach understanding injury prevention skills among key population objective study explore identify factors internal child well factors environment predict childs selfefficacy injury prevention skills two generalized linear mixed effects models created survey data collected elementary school students n 2255 part schoolbased bicycle education program models focused selfefficacy riding bicycle selfefficacy wearing helmet correctly models road safety knowledge opportunity skill building owning appropriate equipment bicycle helmet situation perception neighborhood safety predictive analyses reveal variables key factors greater confidence feeling safe riding neighborhood particular emerging highly predictive selfefficacy injury prevention skills findings highlight interplay individual environmental factors within confidence injury prevention behavior given selfefficacys strong relationship prevention behavior findings indicate actionable strategies practical applications key factors highlighted study used policymakers target specific areas eg neighborhood safety promote selfefficacy thus improve injury prevention factors also inform strategies establishing safety skills bicyclesafety education programs