Risk Compensation: A Male Phenomenon? Results From a Controlled Intervention Trial Promoting Helmet Use Among Cyclists.

• Autores: Antoine Messiah, Aymery Constant, Benjamin Contrand, Marie-Line Félonneau, Emmanuel Lagarde
• Localización: American journal of public health, ISSN 0090-0036, Vol. 102, Nº. 0, 2012, págs. 204-206
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Prevention tools are challenged by risky behaviors that follow their adoption. Speed increase following helmet use adoption was analyzed among bicyclists enrolled in a controlled intervention trial. Speed and helmet use were assessed by video (2621 recordings, 587 participants). Speeds were similar among helmeted and nonhelmeted female cyclists (16.5 km/h and 16.1 km/h, respectively) but not among male cyclists (helmeted: 19.2 km/h, nonhelmeted: 16.8 km/h). Risk compensation, observed only among male cyclists, was moderate, thus unlikely to offset helmet preventive efficacy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]