impact of a hospital based educational program on adolescent attitudes toward drinking and driving

The High Risk Adolescent Trauma Prevention Program is situated in a teaching hospital setting, where adolescents who are considered to be high risk-takers tour a shock trauma unit. Results from a pretest-posttest longitudinal evaluation design with 351 adolescent participants indicated marked change...

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Published in:Journal of drug education 1991-01, Vol.21 (4), p.349-359
Main Authors: Dearing, B, Caston, R.J, Babin, J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
4-H Youth Development Program
Adolescent
Adolescent Attitudes
Adolescent Health Services - organization & administration
Adolescent Health Services - standards
Adolescents
Alcohol Drinking - prevention & control
alcoholic beverages
At Risk Persons
Attitude Change
Attitude to Health
Attitudes
attitudes and opinions
Automobile Driving
Baltimore - epidemiology
Baltimore, Maryland
behavior change
Biological and medical sciences
drinking
Drinking Behavior
Driving
Driving While Intoxicated
Drug prevention
Drunk Driving
education
education programs
Educational Programs
Female
Health Education - organization & administration
Health Education - standards
High risk
Hospitals
Hospitals, University
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Medical sciences
Mental health
Multiple Trauma - epidemiology
Multiple Trauma - etiology
Multiple Trauma - prevention & control
Prevention
prevention program
Prevention programs
Program Effectiveness
Program Evaluation
Psychology, Adolescent
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Risk Factors
Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry
Teaching
Teenagers
Trauma Centers
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Summary:The High Risk Adolescent Trauma Prevention Program is situated in a teaching hospital setting, where adolescents who are considered to be high risk-takers tour a shock trauma unit. Results from a pretest-posttest longitudinal evaluation design with 351 adolescent participants indicated marked changes in participants attitudes toward driving after drinking, riding with someone who has been drinking and preventing a friend from driving after drinking. These changes in attitudes are still evident, though with some decline in magnitude, after twelve months.
ISSN:0047-2379
1541-4159
DOI:10.2190/6C1R-MB1K-6WKA-M1VG