RISKY DRIVING BEHAVIOR AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG EAST GOJJAM ZONE PUBLIC TRANSPORT DRIVERS, NORTH WEST ETHIOPIA USING HEALTH BELIEF MODEL: MIXED STUDY

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Abstract Introduction:In Ethiopia,road traffic accident contributed fatality rate of 37 per 100,000 populations per year, and 83% of traffic crashes attributed to risky driving behavior Objective: The aim of this study was to assess risky driving behavior and its associated factors among public transport drivers in East Gojjam Zone using health belief model, North West Ethiopia, 2021, mixed method. Methods:A cross-sectional study combined with concurrent descriptivequalitative study was employed. A total of 369public transport vehicle drivers selected by multi-stage sampling participated in quantitative part, and 9 participants of which,5 drivers selected by purposive heterogenous sampling technique,2 driving school instructors and 2 traffic policesselected through purposive intensity sanpling techniques were involved in qualitative part.The survey data were collected through interviewer- administered technique and for qualitative study, indepth

interview and key informant interview techniques were used. Data entered to Epidata version 4.6. was exported to Stata software version14 andmultiple linear regression model was fitted with statistical significance at p-value < 0.05 with 95 % confidence interval. Qualitative data collected in Amharic language with the aid of voice recordor was transcribed verbatim and translated to English. After reading and rereading translated document, coding and thematic analysis was done. Results:The mean risky driving behavior score was 1.74(