![]() Educational efforts include passenger safety, distracted driving, impaired driving, pedestrian and bicycle initiatives.Ĭotton has extensive experience in implementing and conducting educational program evaluations. Projects include Operation Zero Tolerance, Click It or Ticket and 100 Days of Summer HEAT (Highway Enforcement of Aggressive Traffic). “The Governor’s Office of Highway Safety has been at the forefront of program evaluation for many years and this project is integral to reducing deaths, injuries and crashes on Georgia’s highways.”Ĭotton’s team will also evaluate implementation of the texting while driving law provide technical assistance to GOHS grantees evaluate surveys of Georgia drivers’ knowledge of and attitudes about GOHS initiatives and evaluate the GOHS annual statewide seat belt survey.Ī vital governmental agency, GOHS is charged with educating the public on traffic safety issues and facilitating the implementation of programs that reduce crashes, injuries and fatalities on Georgia roadways. “As resources continue to tighten, it becomes more important to evaluate the impact of traffic safety programs across the state to ensure the most beneficial effect on the lives of all Georgians,” Cotton said. The system created by the evaluation team includes qualitative and quantitative data that answers impact and process questions, requiring an analysis of field reports, expertise with statistics sources and on-site visits. ![]() In order to make these programs more data-driven, TSREG reviews all grants by employing a comprehensive database to organize and evaluate critical data. The GOHS grantees, including law enforcement organizations and highway safety educational programs, design programs to reduce morbidity and mortality on Georgia roadways. To date, TSREG received $3.2 million in grant money from GOHS for this ongoing project. Carol Cotton will systematically review and analyze grantee effectiveness and, ultimately, determine the overall effectiveness of GOHS in managing hundreds of grantees. – Researchers from the University of Georgia College of Public Health’s department of health promotion and behavior received a one-year, $308,800 grant from the Georgia Governor’s Office of Highway Safety to evaluate the effectiveness of educational and law enforcement-focused programs.įor the 10th straight year, the Traffic Safety Research and Evaluation Group led by principal investigator Dr. ![]()
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