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Dellinger, A. M., & West, B. A. (2015). Health Care providers and Teen Driving Safety: Topics Discussed and Educational Resources Used in Practice. American journal of lifestyle medicine, 9(6), 451-456. https://doi.org/10.1177/1559827614554903
Dellinger, Ann M, and West, Bethany A. "Health Care providers and Teen Driving Safety: Topics Discussed and Educational Resources Used in Practice." American journal of lifestyle medicine vol. 9,6 (2015): 451-456. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/1559827614554903
Dellinger AM, West BA. Health Care providers and Teen Driving Safety: Topics Discussed and Educational Resources Used in Practice. Am J Lifestyle Med. 2015 Nov;9(6):451-456. doi: 10.1177/1559827614554903. Epub 2014 Oct 27. PMID: 26740816; PMCID: PMC4699318.
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Am J Lifestyle Med. 2015 Nov;9(6):451-456. doi: 10.1177/1559827614554903. Epub 2014 Oct 27.

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

American journal of lifestyle medicine

Ann M Dellinger, Bethany A West

Affiliations

  1. National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Atlanta, Georgia.

PMID: 26740816 PMCID: PMC4699318 DOI: 10.1177/1559827614554903

Abstract

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.

Keywords: injury prevention; nighttime driving; parent–teen agreements; physician counseling; teen driver safety; teen passengers

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