Associations between comfort eating and weight change during the COVID-19 pandemic among U.S. adults.

Objective: To examine associations between comfort eating in response to loneliness or stress and weight change during the COVID-19 pandemic among U.S. adults.

Metrics of Mobility: Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on Travel Behavior.

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted typical travel behavior worldwide. In the United States (U.S.

Prevalence of vision zero action plans or strategies: USA, 2021.

Background: Vision Zero is a strategy to eliminate traffic fatalities and to promote equitable mobility options for all road users. Using a nationally representative survey, we aimed to estimate the prevalence of Vision Zero action plans or strategies in the USA.

Methods: Municipal officials were surveyed in 2021.

Bicycle infrastructure and the incidence rate of crashes with cars: A case-control study with Strava data in Atlanta.

Introduction: Bicycling has individual and collective health benefits. Safety concerns are a deterrent to bicycling. Incomplete data on bicycling volumes has limited epidemiologic research investigating safety impacts of bicycle infrastructure, such as protected bike lanes.

Estimating the effect of vehicle speeds on bicycle and pedestrian safety on the Georgia arterial roadway network.

Cyclists and pedestrians account for a disproportionate amount of the world's 1.3 million road deaths every year. This is a growing problem in the United Sates where bicyclist and pedestrian fatalities have increased steadily since 2009.

A Comprehensive Approach to Motorcycle-Related Head Injury Prevention: Experiences from the Field in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Uganda.

Motorcyclists account for 23% of global road traffic deaths and over half of fatalities in countries where motorcycles are the dominant means of transport. Wearing a helmet can reduce the risk of head injury by as much as 69% and death by 42%; however, both child and adult helmet use are low in many countries where motorcycles are a primary mode of transportation. In response to the need to increase helmet use by all drivers and their passengers, the Global Helmet Vaccine Initiative (GHVI) was established to increase helmet use in three countries where a substantial portion of road users are motorcyclists and where helmet use is low.

Changes in motorcycle-related injuries and deaths after mandatory motorcycle helmet law in a district of Vietnam.

Objective: Our study measured the change in head injuries and deaths among motorcycle users in Cu Chi district, a suburban district of Ho Chi Minh City.

Methods: Hospital records for road traffic injuries (RTIs) were collected from the Cu Chi Trauma Centre and motorcycle-related death records were obtained from mortality registries in commune health offices. Head injury severity was categorized using the Abbreviated Injury Score (AIS).

Vital Signs: Motor Vehicle Injury Prevention - United States and 19 Comparison Countries.

Background: Each year >32,000 deaths and 2 million nonfatal injuries occur on U.S. roads.

Helmets for Kids: evaluation of a school-based helmet intervention in Cambodia.

Objective: This paper analyses helmet use before and after implementing Helmets for Kids, a school-based helmet distribution and road safety programme in Cambodia.

Methods: Nine intervention schools (with a total of 6721 students) and four control schools (with a total of 3031 students) were selected using purposive sampling to target schools where students were at high risk of road traffic injury. Eligible schools included those where at least 50% of students commute to school on bicycles or motorcycles, were located on a national road (high traffic density), had few or no street signs nearby, were located in an area with a history of crash injuries and were in a province where other Cambodia Helmet Vaccine Initiative activities occur.

Vital signs: health burden and medical costs of nonfatal injuries to motor vehicle occupants - United States, 2012.

Background: Motor vehicle crashes are a leading cause of death and injury in the United States. The purpose of this study was to describe the current health burden and medical and work loss costs of nonfatal crash injuries among vehicle occupants in the United States.

Methods: CDC analyzed data on emergency department (ED) visits resulting from nonfatal crash injuries among vehicle occupants in 2012 using the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System – All Injury Program (NEISS-AIP) and the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project National Inpatient Sample (HCUP-NIS).