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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Safety perceptions"”.
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Culturally Responsive Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Service Needs Among African Immigrant Women: Examining the Impact of Cultural Norms and Psychosocial Barriers on Safety Perceptions and Help-Seeking Behaviors
… barriers, and systemic inequities influence safety perceptions and help-seeking behaviors among African immigrant women survivors of IPV. Findings from in-depth interviews with frontline service providers and community leaders highlight the disconnection between existing IPV services and …
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Let’s Make it a Game: Utilizing an Escape Room to Study Variables and Interventions that Impact the Development of Psychological Safety
… knowledge—a process enabled by psychological safety. Although extensively studied over the past two decades, how and when psychological safety develops remains unclear. This research addresses these gaps by exploring temporal changes in psychological safety and examining the role of team …
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Building Features that Impact Perceptions of Safety as Seen Through the Eyes of Students and Teachers
… learning (Bowen et al., 1998); a perception of safety is a "basic requirement" for academic success (Hernandez, Floden, and Bosworth, 2010). The purpose of this qualitative study was to identify building features that affect the safety perceptions of high school students and teachers, from one …
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Perceptions of School Safety: Understanding Stakeholder Perspectives and Implications for the Educational Environment
This study investigated differences in school safety perceptions between parents and school staff in U.S. public schools. The purpose was to determine the extent to which stakeholder role predicted perceptions of safety and to identify the demographic, professional, and family characteristics …
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Quality-of-Life Indicators, Income and Out-Migration Intentions in Gauteng: An Individual- and Ward-Level Analysis
… government performance satisfaction, safety perceptions and service delivery satisfaction, on residents’ intentions to migrate from Gauteng. While Gauteng has historically been studied as a destination region due to its economic weight in South Africa, this research shifts the …
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Nationwide Pedestrian Safety Analysis Using Crash and Survey Data
Pedestrian safety is studied using two approaches: injury severity modeling using NHTSA’s Crash Report Sampling System crash data and administering a nationwide survey on roadway safety topics. The crash data models identified seven significant independent variables which relate to severe …
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Gender Mobility on Guatemala City's Transmetro: Women's lived experiences of public transportation
… methodologies, this study captures participants' perceptions of safety, everyday coping strategies on transit, and access issues. While Transmetro is considered safe both in actual and perceived terms, participants expressed mobility constraints based on safety perceptions, namely sexual …
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The American University: Attitudes about Safety and the Impact of Gun Regulations on Campus
… for all who attend and operate there, but what safety looks and feels like to the individual can vary to a great degree. There are many factors that campus safety departments consider when designing their campus safety policies and regulations. One way universities in the U.S. have chosen to …
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Local resident and tourist safety in Cape Town Townships, South Africa
… South Africa. Accordingly, investigating visitor safety and security is an important factor in relation to township tourism product development. The addressing of the issue of safety and security is required with all earnestness, as, otherwise, it has the potential to derail the accruing social …
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Development and evaluation of a safety culture survey for occupational safety
… at four industrial plants, and evaluation of the Safety Culture Survey (SCS). The SCS consists of three scales: the Actively Caring Scale (ACS), the Safety Perception Scale (SPS), and the Risk Propensity Scale (RPS). The ACS measures person factors related to one's propensity to actively care for …
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Security and safety perception of commuters of the bus rapid transit system in Lagos State, Nigeria
… quality include reliability, speed, frequency, safety, security, and comfort. Research highlights the importance of safety in the transit environment since it is a place where people spend a significant amount of time. This study assessed the perception of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) commuters in …
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An analysis of the retail customer of CCA pressure treated lumber, timbers and plywood
… and the general product quality and risk perceptions of CCA pressure treated lumber products. Primary data were acquired via two separate nationwide mail surveys; one included 3,361 PRO's, the other was administered to 3,224 households. Findings indicate that each of these retail customer …
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Perceptions of crime : a comparative study of Essen, Germany and Malta
This dissertation investigates the perceptions of crime in two contrasting settings: In contrast, Essen which is an industrial metropolitan area and Malta a Mediterranean island state. The study's main purpose is to examine how the urban context (taking into account the different aspects of it) …
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The impact of safety culture on safety performance: a study of the high speed passenger craft industry in Hong Kong
… Although the accident rates are reportedly low, safety has been a concern because of their high-speed in the crowded waters of Hong Kong, particularly at times of darkness or poor visibility in certain high traffic density areas, such as Hong Kong Harbour. The regulatory controls over the safety …
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The exploration of a safety attitude model for departmental safety representatives towards the implementation of a safety management system in an institute of tertiary education in Hong Kong
… In the University, the success of an effective safety management system (SMS) depends on many factors, one of which could be safety attitudes of Departmental Safety Representatives "DSRs" who have a major role in implementing SMS at the departmental level. They are employees with additional …
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Changes in worker perceptions of health and safety during the BG Tanzania drilling campaign (2011-2016)
… on the implementation of global health and safety standards mostly concentrate on the safety perceptions of workers (Gao et al., 2016) and safety culture (Lu and Yang, 2009). Most of the studies are medium to large scale in nature and are heavily reliant on quantitative data. Very few …
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A cross-sectional and mixed-method assessment of safety culture and safety climate at a regional airline
… to conduct a cross-sectional assessment of the safety culture, safety climate, and SMS at a regional airline in the United States. Data collection techniques were comprised of interview, on-line-survey, and a focus group activity. Participants in the current study were maintenance technicians, …