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study of traffic safety issues for the Hispanic population involves
working with North Carolina communities
HSRC researchers are conducting a project to identify
strategies to reduce traffic-related injuries and deaths among members
of the Hispanic population in North Carolina. This fall, researchers
are collecting seat belt and child restraint observational data in selected
areas throughout the state. They also are analyzing North Carolina crash
data for information about Hispanic traffic safety problems. Early next
year, they plan to conduct focus groups with members of the Hispanic
population in North Carolina to share observational and crash data with
them, learn more about traffic issues important to them, and find out
what highway safety messages and programs they think would be most helpful
in reducing deaths and injuries. The final component of the project
involves working with a Hispanic community in North Carolina to test
promising strategies for reducing traffic-related injuries and deaths.
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