UGA Evaluation Team Receives Grant from Governor’s Office of Highway Safety

Researchers from the UGA College of Public Health’s Department of Health Promotion and
 Behavior received a $231,155.67 grant from the Georgia Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS) to evaluate the effectiveness of educational and law enforcement focused programs.
 
For the fifteenth straight year, the evaluation team, Traffic Safety Research and Evaluation Group (TSREG), led by principal investigator Carol Cotton, will systematically review and analyze grantee effectiveness and, ultimately, determine the overall effectiveness of GOHS in managing hundreds of grantees. To date, TSREG has received $4.6 million from GOHS for this ongoing project.
 
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. Projects include Operation Zero Tolerance, Click It or Ticket, and 100 Days of Summer HEAT.