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First published on June 16, 2008, doi:10.1177/0163278708320167
Evaluation & the Health Professions 2008;31:282.
A more recent version of this article appeared on September 1, 2008
Need and Possibilities for Seat Belt Use Promotion in Bashkortostan, Russia
Leila Akhmadeeva*,
Valentina A. Andreeva,
Steve Sussman,
Zolya Khusnutdinova,
and
Bruce G. Simons-Morton
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: leila_ufa{at}mail.ru.
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Bashkortostan is a republic in the Russian Federation with a population of 4.1 million. As with other health behaviors, the prevalence of seat belt use is low, which may account in part for the very high rate of motor-vehicle-related mortality in this republic. The authors discuss the need and potential for translating seat belt promotion programming from other Russian regions and other countries to Bashkortostan. The authors conclude that current policies developed in other countries could work well in the republic, if they are enforced. Meanwhile, initiatives such as the Sakhalin Road Safety Partnership offer great potential for translation in Bashkortostan as well as in other regions with similarly low seat belt use prevalence.

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