Promoting Seat Belt Use: A Nursing Assignment

Running head: NURSING ASSIGNMENT
Nursing assignment
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author note

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Table of Contents
Introduction..........................................................................................................................2
Discussion............................................................................................................................2
Problem area....................................................................................................................2
Strategy............................................................................................................................2
Specific goals...................................................................................................................3
Techniques used...............................................................................................................4
Theoretical principles......................................................................................................5
Evaluation........................................................................................................................6
Conclusion...........................................................................................................................6

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Introduction
The assignments deal with personal responsibility as change agent to get people to adopt
“wearing seatbelts”. The purpose of the assignment is to apply social psychological concepts in
facilitating concerned change. The one most appropriate to attitude and behaviour change and
techniques would be used to persuade behaviour. The assignment presents strategies to change
the above mentioned behaviour.
Discussion
Problem area
There is a growing health concerns related to traffic. There is increasing number of
deaths due to accidents caused by not wearing seatbelts in UAE. According to Mohammed
(2015) 60% of the preventable road deaths in Abu Dhabi were due to motor and car drivers not
wearing seatbelt. The brunt of injuries associated with these accidents is faced by the developing
world. For communities with limited resources, this behaviour increases health care cost burden.
People demonstrate less knowledge of seat belt protection. It is necessary to promote wearing of
seatbelts among the card drivers and passengers
Strategy
The aim is to increase the number of people wearing seat belts in my own local
community (X). The rationale for choosing the above problem area is the safety aspects of seat
belt. It prevents the occupant from being ejected from vehicle and increase the time of bringing
body to stop (Torkamannejad et al., 2016).