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Background: The number of deaths from traffic accidents in Korea has been steadily decreasing every year. ‎However, the death rate of traffic accidents in Korea is 8.1 per 100,000 people in 2017, which is ‎the highest among OECD member countries. In addition, the number of traffic accidents per ‎‎10,000 cars is 1.9, which is the highest among OECD member countries, and it is necessary to ‎have access to traffic safety. Gimhae city has three highway networks connecting to Gimhae ‎International Airport and it is a key role of transportation. Therefore, traffic volume and traffic ‎accident in Gimhae are relatively higher than other surrounding cities.Therefore, we need to ‎identify the incidence and causes of traffic accidents by age, place, time etc. Objective: The ‎purposes of this study are to identify the incidence of traffic accident in Gimge city and to ‎develop the evidence based traffic accident program for Gimhae city. ‎ Methods: In order to understand the current state of traffic accidents for the citizens of Gimhae city, the ‎annual report on the causes of death statistics from the National Statistics Office in 2017 and the ‎annual report on traffic accidents from the National Police Agency in 2017 were analyzed. Base ‎on this data authors identified high risk factors related to traffic accidents such as traffic ‎accident occurrence rates, drinking and driving, seatbelts and other protective gears.‎ Results: The death rate of traffic accidents in Gimhae city was 2.3 times higher in males than females. ‎And the rate of death has increased with aging, in the order of elderly (65 and over), middle-‎aged (45 to 64), adult (19 to 44), and youth (13 to 18). The rate of injuries caused by traffic ‎accidents was 3.4 times higher in males than females. Also, the rate of injuries increased with ‎aging, in the order of elderly (65 and over), middle-aged (45 to 64), adult (19 to 44), and youth ‎‎(13 to 18). There was the highest number of accidents in April especially on Thursdays. There ‎was the highest number of injury due to accidents during rush hour of 6PM to 10PM. As the ‎result of analyzing the incidence of drink-driving accidents according to the types of vehicles, ‎motorcycles, passenger cars, and car rentals were in the order. Seat belt attached rate were high ‎in the order of under 14 years old, 15-20 years and above 70 years. And helmet wearing rate ‎were high in the order of 15-20 years old, above 70 years and under 14 years old. Conclusions: Based on results of this study, it is desirable to develop customized traffic safety programs. In ‎the case of the elderly, there are a lot of pedestrian accidents, so we need program that can ‎improve the walking environment. For adult and middle-age, it will be effective to provide ‎drunk driving education and safety belt training programs. In terms of drink-driving preventive ‎education, we should be conducted for motorcycles and rental cars. For children and youth, it is ‎necessary to educate about wearing safety belts and helmets. Also, the traffic policies should be ‎strengthened for prevention of drunk driving. Therefore, the government and related ‎organizations should spread an effective evidence-based traffic accident program based on ‎result of this research.‎ Keywords: Traffic accidents, Injury prevention, Safety programs

Adolescence is a rapid change of physical, psychological state mental health problems but also the prime of life is easy to develop also in times of crisis. This study was tried to examine realization degree about children s mental health problem to parents who keep youth children, and presents countermeasure plan on the basis of youth mental health problem admin-istration present condition from domestic and outside the country. Examined to parents who keep youth children inhabiting to B city for parents realization investigation about youth mental health problem, investigation period was enforced over about 1 month from October 8, 2012. By enumeration method through preparatory audit (pilot-test), expert inquiry correction and supplementation. It was said that there is no result of study, 27.3% of parents responded that youth children have mental health problem, and experience that 67.2% of these seeks cooperation in the school for problem solution. De-gree that recognize youth mental health problem and experience that seek cooperation in the school for chil-dren’s mental health problem solution of study were shown low ratio. Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, Ministry of Education, Health-Welfare Ministry and NGO is pro-gressing youth problem behavior administration, mental health examination, suicide courtesy call and pro-gram for positive realization change for our country youth mental health administration, and the United States of America and Britain are administering support program for each parents·family support program and school violence prevention as outside the country example. Present our country youth mental health administration who analyze interior and exterior s program are do-ing to school and youth mainly, and program that manage with parents can confirm that is unprepared rela-tively. Therefore, for communication and stress administration program and family bonds strengthening doing to parents and youth children for youth mental health problem solution. Must have systematic backing, and need continuous educational connection and national policy for mutual interchange that compose parents - school conference. I wish to quoat countermeasure plan to manage youth mental health problem on the basis of this. First, need two-way and positive communication education program. Second, it must be educational link and on-time interchange composing school-parents conference. Third, weekend must strengthen family’s bonds by recreation of holiday that attend to learning program or experience program after school. Fourth, it must be establishment of debate culture policy.