DETERMINANT FACTORS AND ELDERLY PERSPECTIVES OF USERS’ FRIENDLY TRANSPORTATION

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MAHFOOZPOUR S.; IRANFAR M.; AINY E.

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Journal: Journal of Safety Promotion and Injury Prevention Year:2017 | Volume:5 | Issue:1 Page(s): 9-14

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DETERMINANT FACTORS AND ELDERLY PERSPECTIVES OF USERS’ FRIENDLY TRANSPORTATION

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MAHFOOZPOUR S. | IRANFAR M. | AINY E. | Issue Writer Certificate

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TRANSPORTATIONQ2

ACCIDENTSQ1

TRAFFICQ1

AGINGQ2

Abstract

Background and Objectives: Determination of transport status among elderly could help to identify the existing vacancy. The current study aimed to determine the optimal transport characteristics of elder’s perspectives.Materials and Methods: Perspective of 200 elders 60 years and older about Friendly TRANSPORTATION characteristics: (availability, acceptability, accessibility, compatibility, affordability) were studied in a descriptive cross-sectional study. All the elderly population attending the cultural centers and parks’ at North, South, West, East and Central areas of Tehran, were selected at randomly. Data were collected using a designed questionnaire. Validity and reliability of the instrument were determined using content validity and test-retest reliability (Cronbach’s alpha 89%).Results: Forty percent of samples had incomes below a million Tomans (equal to 10, 000, 000 IRR). And %75, 4 of elders did not have any satisfaction from the availability characteristic of public transport. Acceptability characteristic of friendly TRANSPORTATION was good in %45, 5 of elders’ opinion. Also, 60 percent of studied elders reported poor accessibility to public transport. Compatibility characteristic of friendly TRANSPORTATION was good in %76, 4 of elders’ opinion. Elder men opinions about affordability characteristic of friendly TRANSPORTATION were good and women opinions were reported weak.Conclusion: Results confirmed that elderly TRANSPORTATION was inappropriate. To attain friendly TRANSPORTATION, planning, need to address infrastructure alteration and TRAFFIC improvements for availability and accessibility characteristics among both men and women and affordability characteristic among women are felt more essential.

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MAHFOOZPOUR, S., IRANFAR, M., & AINY, E.. (2017). DETERMINANT FACTORS AND ELDERLY PERSPECTIVES OF USERS’ FRIENDLY TRANSPORTATION. JOURNAL OF SAFETY PROMOTION AND INJURY PREVENTION, 5(1), 9-14. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/248141/en

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MAHFOOZPOUR S., IRANFAR M., AINY E.. DETERMINANT FACTORS AND ELDERLY PERSPECTIVES OF USERS’ FRIENDLY TRANSPORTATION. JOURNAL OF SAFETY PROMOTION AND INJURY PREVENTION[Internet]. 2017;5(1):9-14. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/248141/en

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S. MAHFOOZPOUR, M. IRANFAR, and E. AINY, “DETERMINANT FACTORS AND ELDERLY PERSPECTIVES OF USERS’ FRIENDLY TRANSPORTATION,” JOURNAL OF SAFETY PROMOTION AND INJURY PREVENTION, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 9–14, 2017, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/248141/en

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