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How to reduce the risk of motorcycle accidents? Implementation of coordination between the police, schools and, communityhealth centers

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Lutfi Irvan Ansori1 , N Bilqis1 , Setya Haksama1*

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Abstract. Indonesia is a country with high number of road traffic accidents. The number of accidents in JanuaryMarch 2017 was 43.121 cases, and the number of motorcycle accidents approximately 31,247 cases. Coordination is an important factor needed to solve a particular program or problem involving two or more institutions. This study aims to analysis the coordination of the police, schools, and community health centers in the District of Krian on reducing motorcycle accidents. This research used descriptive method with cross-sectional approach. Data collectedthroughquestionnaires and distributed to 14 officers in the Krian police agency, , high school, andKrian communityhealth center. The respondents selectedby purposive sampling. The result showed the study shows that 64.3% of respondents claimed always need coordination, 42.9% of respondents always obeyed in carrying out the leadership's instructions, 50% of officers often carry out informal communication.The obstacles that occur in the implementation of coordination is the ignorance of other agencies, regarding the role of community health centers in traffic accident prevention efforts. It can be concluded that the implementation of coordination between the police, schools and health centers is good.

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