Persistence of Effects of the Checkpoints Program on Parental Restrictions of Teen Driving Privileges

Bibliographic Data

ID11035637
AuthorsBruce G Simons‐morton (0000-0003-1099-6617, Health and Human Development (2HD) Research Network), Bruce G Simons-Morton (Bruce Simons-Morton and Jessica Hartos are with the Prevention Research Branch, Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. David Preusser and William Leaf are with the Preusser Research Group, Inc.), Jessica L Hartos (0000-0003-0732-692X, Bruce Simons-Morton and Jessica Hartos are with the Prevention Research Branch, Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. David Preusser and William Leaf are with the Preusser Research Group, Inc.), William A Leaf (Bruce Simons-Morton and Jessica Hartos are with the Prevention Research Branch, Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. David Preusser and William Leaf are with the Preusser Research Group, Inc.), David F Preusser (Bruce Simons-Morton and Jessica Hartos are with the Prevention Research Branch, Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. David Preusser and William Leaf are with the Preusser Research Group, Inc.)
Year2005
Volume95
Issue3
Pages447-452
Publication date2005-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2003.023127
PMID15727975
PMCIDPMC1449200
OpenAlexW1991977937
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited23

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

Intervention (counseling) · Licensure · Persistence (discontinuity) · Psychiatry · Automotive and Human Injury Biomechanics · Demography · Engineering · Medicine · Nursing · Older Adults Driving Studies · Psychology · Traffic and Road Safety

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