The Effect of Educational Intervention on Safe and High-Risk Driving Behaviors in Taxi Drivers

Background: High-risk driving behaviors is one of the leading causes of death and disability.Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the effect of educational intervention on promoting safe-driving behaviors andreducing high risk-driving behaviors in taxi drivers based on the health belief model and planned behavior theory.Methods: A quasi-experimental study of interventional and control drivers (n = ۴۰) selected by a cluster sampling method was conducted.The participants were selected from taxi stations. The intervention group was divided into ۴ groups, including ۱۰ people.The contents of the training program were based on driving laws, avoiding high-risk behaviors, and advising on safe driving behaviors.The driving behaviors were measured at baseline and ۳-month post-intervention. Constructs of the health belief model andtheory of planned behavior were used as an interventional program framework. Independent t-test and Paired t-test were used tocompare the scores between intervention and control drivers and the intervention group before and after the intervention at eachof the variables, respectively.Results: Three months post-intervention, the scores of safe driving behaviors in the intervention group were higher than the controlgroup, and high-risk driving behaviors in the intervention group were less than the control group. After the intervention, asignificant difference was observed in the mean scores of perceived barriers, self-efficacy, cues to action, attitude, subjective norms,and perceived behavioral control between two groups (P < ۰.۰۵).Conclusions: Educational intervention within the framework of the combined constructs of the health belief model and theory ofplanned behavior can reduce high-risk driving behaviors and promote safe driving behaviors in taxi drivers.

Keywords:

Health Belief Model , High-Risk Driving Behaviors , Safe Driving Behaviors , Taxi Drivers , Theory of Planned Behavior