The Project of School Bus Safety in Bangkok Metropolis: Mode of Student Transportation

dc.contributor.authorBusaba Suppawattanabodeeen_US
dc.contributor.authorAnan Manomaipiboonen_US
dc.contributor.authorMoanawt Ngernchamen_US
dc.contributor.authorPremwadee Karuhadejen_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-02-22T09:11:16Z
dc.date.available2011-02-22T09:11:16Z
dc.date.created2010-01-13en_US
dc.date.issued2010-01-13en_US
dc.description.abstractAbstract The Project of School Bus Safety in Bangkok Metropolis: Mode of Student Transportation Busaba       Suppawattanabodee     MSc (Biostatistic)* Anan           Manomaipiboon              MD, MSc (Clinical epidemiology)** Moanawt     Ngerncham                     MD, MPH (Epidemiology)** Premwadee   Karuhadej                    EdD*** * Clinical epidemiology unit, BMA Medical College and Vajira hospital ** Department of Surgery, BMA Medical College and Vajira Hospital *** Kuakarun Nursing College Objective: To identify the modes of student transportation in Bangkok Metropolis. Design: Cross-sectional analytical study. Subjects: A total of one hundred and thirty four schools with 17,499 students from kindergarten to mattayom and also their parents were randomly selected by using multistage stratified random sampling. Main outcomes measurement: The number and percentage of mode of student transportation. Method: This study was conducted during the period of March 2003 until February 2004. Self-administered questionnaires were distributed to the samples. Results: The three popular modes of student transportation were personal car, motorcycles and public buses with responsible to 22.0% (95%CI: 21.2-22.6), 21.1% (95%CI: 20.5-21.7) and 16.2% (95%CI: 15.6-16.7). The estimated number of students going to school by school bus was 7.3% (95%CI: 6.9-7.7). Conclusion: School bus services was not popular in Bangkok Metropolis corresponded with the estimated number of students going to school by school bus was 7.3% (95%CI: 6.9-7.7). Vajira Med J 2007 ; 51 : 121 - 128en_US
dc.identifier.citationVajira Medical Journal; Vol. 51 No. 2 May - August 2007; 121-128en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/133179
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherVajira Medical Journalen_US
dc.rightsFaculty of Medicine, Vajira Hospital, University of Bangkok Metropolis, Bangkok, Thailanden_US
dc.source.urihttps://thailand.digitaljournals.org/index.php/VMJ/issue/archiveen_US
dc.source.urihttps://thailand.digitaljournals.org/index.php/VMJ/article/view/684en_US
dc.titleThe Project of School Bus Safety in Bangkok Metropolis: Mode of Student Transportationen_US
dc.typeOriginal Articlesen_US
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