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Health Care providers and Teen Driving Safety: Topics Discussed and Educational Resources Used in Practice

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  • Alternative Title:
    Am J Lifestyle Med
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    Traffic crashes are the leading cause of death among teens. Health care providers have an opportunity to address what works to keep teens safe on the road during the patient visit. An online survey was conducted of 1088 health care providers who saw patients at or near driving age. The survey assessed which road safety topics were discussed and which types of educational products were used most often. Family and general practice physicians represented 44.3% of the sample, followed by pediatricians (22.5%), nurse practitioners (17.6%), and internists (15.5%). Nearly all respondents (92.9%) reported addressing one or more driving safety factors (seat belt use, nighttime driving, fatigue, teen passengers, alcohol/drug use, speeding/reckless driving, and cell phone use/texting) with adolescent patients and/or their parents. Seat belt use was reported more often (83.7%) than other topics. The use of parent-teen driving agreements, a known effective intervention, was reported by less than 10% of respondents. Since health care providers expressed interest in receiving written resource materials, distribution of parent-teen driving agreements to health care providers might encourage greater uptake and use of this effective intervention.
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    Am J Lifestyle Med. 9(6):451-456
  • Pubmed ID:
    26740816
  • Pubmed Central ID:
    PMC4699318
  • Document Type:
    Journal Article
  • Funding:
    CC999999/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
  • Volume:
    9
  • Issue:
    6
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    urn:sha256:2b0706526e362ba76ff9b231c7f44f16912ad6fbe1e7301ce6e728a1de589917
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