Publication Details

Insights and opportunities for transportation and public health agency collaboration to improve road safety across the U.S., 2023 [Poster]

Type: conferencePapers

Author(s): Naumann, Rebecca B.; Sandt, Laura S.; Booker, Nicole; Keefe, Elyse M.; Travitz, Gracyn; Taylor, Nandi L.; Harmon, Katherine J.

Publisher: APHA

Url: https://apha.confex.com/apha/2023/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/537857

Publication Date: Nov-2023

Address: Atlanta, GA

Abstract: In 2021, more than 40,000 people died on U.S. roads, representing a 10.5% increase from the year before and the highest number of deaths since 2005. Recognizing the urgency of this problem, transportation professionals across the U.S. have called for a new, holistic approach to transportation safety, called a Safe System approach, which incorporates system redundancies to ensure that no crash results in serious injury or death. Integral to this approach is multidisciplinary partnership, including a specific and recurring call for increased public health integration in transportation safety efforts. To understand and advance public health and transportation collaboration efforts, the purpose of this project was to identify core themes and opportunities for increased public health and transportation coordination, using interviews with key transportation leaders, as well as a detailed analysis of state highway safety plans.

Conference name: APHA 2023, Annual Meeting and Expo: Creating the Healthiest Nation, Overcoming Social & Ethical Challenges