Publications by authors named "Soonho Koh"
Introduction: Despite the importance of child road traffic death, the knowledge about rural child road traffic death in Australia is limited.
Objective: To explore the difference of child road traffic death between urban and rural areas.
Design: This study was a retrospective analysis of road traffic death in Australia among children and adolescents aged 0-19 registered between 1 January 2009 and 30 June 2019.
The impact of rurality on child road traffic death in high-income countries.
Aust J Rural Health
June 2023
Introduction: Despite the importance of child road traffic death, a limited number of studies have investigated rural child road traffic death in high income countries.
Objective: This review estimated the impact of rurality on child road traffic deaths and other potential risk factors in high-income countries.
Design: We searched Ovid, MEDLINE, CINAHL, PsycINFO and Scopus databases and extracted studies focusing on the association between rurality and child road traffic death published between 2001 and 2021.
Article Synopsis
- A study analyzed motor vehicle collision data from 2001-2015 to compare injury outcomes between pregnant women and non-pregnant women, finding that pregnant women generally experienced less severe collisions and injuries.
- Pregnant women were disproportionately affected by abdominal injuries, while various factors like the rear seat position and collision severity increased AIS 2+ injury risks for non-pregnant women.
- The research emphasizes the need for improved safety technologies and tailored safety education interventions for pregnant women to enhance their protection in vehicle collisions.