PROMPTING PATRON SAFETY BELT USE AT A RESTAURANT |
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Authors: | John Austin Alicia M. Alvero Ryan Olson |
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Abstract: | A reversal (ABABAB) design was used to assess the effects of a verbal prompt on safety belt use of restaurant patrons. A verbal prompt delivered by employees at the exit door resulted in an average increase of 20% in safety belt use by drivers leaving the restaurant. A previous study provided this type of antecedent immediately before supermarket patrons entered their vehicles. This effort demonstrates the effects of a verbal prompt with greater latency between the prompt and target response. |
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Keywords: | safety belt community safety prompting |
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