Bruce G Simons-Morton1, Jessica L Hartos, William A Leaf, David F Preusser. 1. Prevention Research Branch, Department of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-7510, USA. mortonb@mail.nih.gov
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: We describe intervention effects on parent limits on novice teenage driving. METHODS: We recruited parents and their 16-year-old children (n = 469) with learner's permits and randomized them from August 2000 to March 2003. Intervention families received persuasive newsletters related to high-risk teenage driving and a parent-teenager driving agreement; comparison families received standard information on driver safety. We conducted interviews when the adolescents obtained a learner's permit, upon licensure, and at 3, 6, and 12 months postlicensure. RESULTS: Intervention parents and teenagers reported stricter limits on teen driving compared with the comparison group at 12 months, with direct effects through 3 months and indirect effects through 12 months postlicensure. CONCLUSIONS: A simple behavioral intervention was efficacious in increasing parental restriction of high-risk teen driving conditions among newly licensed drivers.
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OBJECTIVES: We describe intervention effects on parent limits on novice teenage driving. METHODS: We recruited parents and their 16-year-old children (n = 469) with learner's permits and randomized them from August 2000 to March 2003. Intervention families received persuasive newsletters related to high-risk teenage driving and a parent-teenager driving agreement; comparison families received standard information on driver safety. We conducted interviews when the adolescents obtained a learner's permit, upon licensure, and at 3, 6, and 12 months postlicensure. RESULTS: Intervention parents and teenagers reported stricter limits on teen driving compared with the comparison group at 12 months, with direct effects through 3 months and indirect effects through 12 months postlicensure. CONCLUSIONS: A simple behavioral intervention was efficacious in increasing parental restriction of high-risk teen driving conditions among newly licensed drivers.
Authors: Jennifer S Zakrajsek; Jean T Shope; Arlene I Greenspan; Jing Wang; C Raymond Bingham; Bruce G Simons-Morton Journal: J Adolesc Health Date: 2013-03-06 Impact factor: 5.012