The use of non-standard motorcycle helmets in low- and middle-income countries: a multicentre study

Road Traffic Injuries Research Network Multicenter Study Collaborators; Williams Ackaah; Francis Afukaar; Williams Agyemang; Trinh Thuy Anh; A R Hejar; Ghaffar Abdul; Gopalkrishna Gururaj; Hidalgo-Solórzano Elisa; Híjar Martha; Adnan A Hyder; Cristina Inclán-Valadez; Subramaniam Kulanthayan; Robyn Norton; Wilson Odero; Eme T Owoaje; Margie Peden; Krishnan Rajam; Junaid Abdul Razzak; Adesola Oluwafunmilola Sangowawa; Jawaid Shah; Pham Le Tuan; Radin Umar RS; Nguyen Thi Van Anh; Marc Van der Putten; Nitaya Vajanapoom; Nuntavarn Vichit-Vadakan; Kaviyarasu Yellappan; James Yu

doi:10.1136/injuryprev-2012-040348

Article info

Original article

The use of non-standard motorcycle helmets in low- and middle-income countries: a multicentre study

Authors

CSIR-Building & Road Research Institute, Kumasi, Ghana Google scholar articles
Williams Ackaah CSIR-Building & Road Research Institute, Kumasi, Ghana PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Francis Afukaar CSIR-Building & Road Research Institute, Kumasi, Ghana PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Williams Agyemang CSIR-Building & Road Research Institute, Kumasi, Ghana PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Trinh Thuy Anh Hanoi Department of Public Health, Vietnam PubMed articles Google scholar articles
A R Hejar Road Safety Research Centre, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ghaffar Abdul Global Forum for Health Research, Geneva PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Gopalkrishna Gururaj Department of Epidemiology National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore, India PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Hidalgo-Solórzano Elisa Centro de Investigación en Sistemas de Salud del Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, México PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Híjar Martha Centro de Investigación en Sistemas de Salud del Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, México Fundación Entornos, A. C PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Adnan A Hyder Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Cristina Inclán-Valadez Cities & Development Research Department, the London School of Economics and Political Science PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Subramaniam Kulanthayan Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, University Putra Malaysia Road Safety Research Centre, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Robyn Norton The George Institute for Global Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Wilson Odero Moi University, Kenya PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Eme T Owoaje Department of Community Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan Oyo State, Nigeria PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Margie Peden Department of Violence, Injury Prevention and Disability, WHO, Geneva PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Krishnan Rajam Department of Primary Care Medicine, University Malaya, Malaysia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Junaid Abdul Razzak Department of Emergency Medicine, and Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Adesola Oluwafunmilola Sangowawa Institute of Child Health, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jawaid Shah Aga Khan University, Pakistan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Pham Le Tuan Hanoi Department of Public Health, Vietnam PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Radin Umar RS Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research, Malaysia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Nguyen Thi Van Anh Hanoi Department of Public Health, Vietnam PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Marc Van der Putten Thammasat University, Thailand PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Nitaya Vajanapoom Thammasat University, Thailand PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Nuntavarn Vichit-Vadakan Thammasat University, Thailand PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Kaviyarasu Yellappan Road Safety Research Centre, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
James Yu Research and Development, The George Institute for Global Health, Beijing, China PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Road Traffic Injuries Research Network, Office of the Secretariat. Address: Calle 3 No. 1, Col. Lomas de Atzingo, C.P. 62180. Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico; secretariat{at}rtirn.net

View Full Text

Citation

Road Traffic Injuries Research Network Multicenter Study Collaborators, Ackaah W, Afukaar F, et al

The use of non-standard motorcycle helmets in low- and middle-income countries: a multicentre study

Injury Prevention 2013;19:158-163.

Publication history

Accepted September 28, 2012
First published November 9, 2012.

Online issue publication

May 13, 2016

Article Versions

Previous version (13 May 2016).
You are viewing the most recent version of this article.

Request permissions

If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please use the link below which will take you to the Copyright Clearance Center’s RightsLink service. You will be able to get a quick price and instant permission to reuse the content in many different ways.

Copyright information

Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://group.bmj.com/group/rights-licensing/permissions

Log in using your username and password

Main menu

Log in using your username and password

You are here

Authors

Citation

Publication history

Article Versions

Request permissions

Copyright information

Read the full text or download the PDF:

Log in using your username and password