Balancing safety on the road with risk from COVID-19: A content analysis of policy adaptations by Divisions of Motor Vehicles.
Balancing safety on the road with risk from COVID-19: A content analysis of policy adaptations by Divisions of Motor Vehicles.
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DOI：
10.1016/j.aap.2021.106400
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发表时间：
2021-11
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通讯作者：
Yang J
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作者：
Feiss R;Hautmann A;Asa N;Hamann C;Peek-Asa C;Yang J
COVID-19疫情极大地改变了人们的日常生活，包括驾驶。然而，州机动车管理局（DMV）如何调整其运营政策以应对COVID-19仍是未知数。这项研究分析了美国50个州在COVID-19大流行期间对州DMV运营政策内容的调整，并评估了这些政策采用与州一级COVID-19限制令之间的关系。我们合并了从DMV网站上获得的所有50个州因COVID-19而进行的政策调整数据，以及从美国国家卫生政策研究院（NASHP）获得的州一级限制数据。我们创建了一个代码本，并分析了DMV政策在以下三个方面的调整：（1）道路测试，（2）许可证延期和更新，以及（3）设施重新开放。两名受过培训的编码员独立审查并编码了与预防COVID-19传播和获得许可证的便利性相关的政策内容的调整。我们计算了政策适应性和许可容易度的汇总得分，并使用ANOVA比较了三个州一级COVID-19限制类别的得分。所有50个州的DMV都调整了政策，以减缓COVID-19的传播。在一些州，执照汇总分数的容易程度有所增加，但在另一些州则有所下降。许可证延期是最常见的变化。在路测期间采用COVID-19预防措施是最常见的路测适应，而路测豁免则是最具争议的。要求预约、保持社交距离和/或戴面罩/个人防护设备是设施重新开放期间的常见适应措施。然而，政策调整水平和许可证发放难易程度的变化与该州的COVID-19限制无关。我们的研究结果为各州DMV为减少COVID-19传播而进行的政策调整提供了深入见解，并可能为DMV和其他政府机构在公共卫生紧急情况下的未来政策调整提供信息。
The COVID-19 pandemic significantly altered people’s daily lives, including driving. However, how state Divisions of Motor Vehicles (DMV) adapted their operation policies in response to COVID-19 remains unknown. This study analyzed adaptations to the content of state DMV operation policies during the COVID-19 pandemic across 50 US states and assessed the relationships between these policy adoptions and their state-level COVID-19 restriction orders. We merged data on policy adaptations due to COVID-19 obtained from DMV websites for all 50 states with data on state-level restrictions obtained from the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP). We created a codebook and analyzed the DMV policy adaptations in the following three areas: (1) road testing, (2) licensure extension and renewals, and (3) facility reopening. Two trained coders independently reviewed and coded the adaptations of policy content related to precaution to spread of COVID-19 and ease of obtaining licensure. We calculated summary scores for policy adaptations and ease of licensure and compared these scores across three categories of state-level COVID-19 restrictions using ANOVA. DMVs in all 50 states adapted their policies to slow the spread of COVID-19. The ease of licensure summary scores increased in some states but decreased in others. Extensions for licensure renewals was the most common change. Adoption of COVID-19 precautions during the road test was the most common road test adaptation, while road test waivers were the most controversial. Requiring appointments, social distancing, and/or face coverings/personal protective equipment [PPE] were common adaptations during facility reopening. However, variations in level of policy adaptations and ease of licensure were not associated with the state’s COVID-19 restrictions. Our findings provide insight into policy adaptations made by state DMVs to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and may inform future policy adaptations in DMVs and other government agencies during public health emergencies.
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