Publications by authors named "Karin Koekemoer"
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- The study highlights that children in low-income communities are at a greater risk of pedestrian injuries due to inadequate infrastructure, reliance on walking, and lack of supervision.
- Over half of the parents reported their children walked to school unsupervised, and most parents expressed discomfort about their child's safety, despite feeling their child's road-crossing skills were above average.
- Key factors influencing parental discomfort included the time it took for children to walk to school and parents' perceptions of their child's ability to cross roads safely.
Pedestrian injuries are a leading cause of death among South African children, and young children residing in low-income communities are more at risk, due to various factors such as inadequate road infrastructure, exposure to traffic due to reliance on walking as a means of transport, and lack of supervision. This study used a cross-sectional, non-randomized self-report survey to assess pedestrian safety knowledge, road-crossing behaviour and pedestrian injuries of primary school children in selected low-income settings in Cape Town. The survey focused on three primary schools that had joined the Safe Kids Worldwide Model School Zone Project and was administered to 536 children aged 6-15 years, in their home language of isiXhosa.
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