Steering Teens Safe: A Randomized Trial of a Parent-Based Intervention to Improve Safe Teen Driving

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• Personal Author:
  Cavanaugh JE ; Chande V ; Peek-Asa, Corinne ; Ramirez M ; Yang J ; Young T
• Description:
  Background: Crashes are the leading cause of death for teens, and parent-based interventions are a promising approach. We assess the effectiveness of Steering Teens Safe, a parent-focused program to increase safe teen driving. Methods: Steering Teens Safe aimed to improve parental communication with teens about safe driving using motivational interviewing techniques in conjunction with 19 safe driving lessons. A randomized controlled trial involved 145 parent-teen dyads (70 intervention and 75 control). Intervention parents received a 45-minute session to learn the program with four follow-up phone sessions, a DVD, and a workbook. Control parents received a standard brochure about safe driving. Scores were developed to measure teen-reported quantity and quality of parental communication about safe driving. The main outcome measure was a previously validated Risky Driving Score reported by teens. Because the Score was highly skewed, a generalized linear model based on a gamma distribution was used for analysis. Results: Intervention teens ranked their parent's success in talking about driving safety higher than control teens (p = 0.035) and reported that their parents talked about more topics (non-significant difference). The Risky Driving Score was 21% lower in intervention compared to control teens (85% CI = 0.60, 1.00). Interaction between communication quantity and the intervention was examined. Intervention teens who reported more successful communication had a 42% lower Risky Driving Score (95% CI = 0.37, 0.94) than control parents with less successful communication. Conclusions: This program had a positive although not strong effect, and it may hold the most promise in partnership with other programs, such as Driver's Education or Graduated Driver's License policies. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Adolescent Automobiles Education Family Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident Prevention Adolescents Author Keywords: Road Traffic Communication Systems Drivers Driving Safety Effectiveness Research Families Intervention Intervention Effectiveness Motor Vehicles Parent Communication Safety Education Safety Programs Safety Research Teenagers

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• ISSN:
  1471-2458
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Iowa ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  14
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20062423
• Citation:
  BMC Public Health 2014 Jul; 14:777
• Contact Point Address:
  Corinne Peek-Asa, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Iowa, College of Public Health, 105 River St, S143B CPHB, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
• Email:
  Corinne-peek-asa@uiowa.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• Performing Organization:
  University of Iowa
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  BMC Public Health
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:34359e3dd78e077a15245375637df61f30f0f6e7eb89abba6b7eaf7f017e37a23fc7e8bd48ef6b439cb625b971dbee652d70cf1c13f35719e625ea0edd48cd27
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/225676/cdc_225676_DS1.pdf
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