{"title":"Awareness and utilization of emergency response service to road traffic crashes in Nigeria: a cross-sectional study","authors":"Temidayo Akinreni, Temi Filani, Omobosola Asuni, Folake Owodunni","doi":"10.21037/jphe-23-31","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Background: Road traffic crashes pose a significant risk to public safety and health, leading to around 1.3 million fatalities and causing disabilities annually. Yet, there is a paucity of data on emergency response in Nigeria. This study aimed at assessing the awareness and utilization of emergency response service to road traffic crashes among the Nigerian populace.","PeriodicalId":92257,"journal":{"name":"Journal of public health and emergency","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7000,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of public health and emergency","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.21037/jphe-23-31","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Background: Road traffic crashes pose a significant risk to public safety and health, leading to around 1.3 million fatalities and causing disabilities annually. Yet, there is a paucity of data on emergency response in Nigeria. This study aimed at assessing the awareness and utilization of emergency response service to road traffic crashes among the Nigerian populace.