Outline of my Forth Oral Presentation

Personal Heath and its relation to a Healthy Road Way

This is a presentation of Driving Lessons, J. Peter Rothe, University of Alberta Press,

2002, p 10-19 by Sergio L. Schmidt

By Jordyn Shark

Instructions for this Oral Presentations can be found at:

I. The Health Sub-System

A. WHO (World Health Organization) Definition of health

i. complete state of physical, mental, and social well being

ii. not the absence of illness

B. Health and Traffic

i. Health directly effects traffic

ii. Encompasses social and political concerns

II. The Social Sub-System

A. Humans are Social Creatures

B. Actions are based on learned social roles

C. Social Constructs of Interactions effect roadways

i. Families, peers, coworkers, organizations and institutions all influence drivers prior to, during, and after driving experiences.

ii. The social world of drivers

III. The Cultural Sub System

A. Varies from Social Sub-system in that it further defines actions in terms of local

B. Culture effects how and which actions are seen as “natural”

C. Often less evident than social defined constructs

Helpful Web links

The World Health Organization Homepage

For Info on Driving Psychology

For info on Culture and its effects

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