Automobile Accident
Conditions
Keywords
teen driver safety, injury prevention
Brief summary
The proposed project will focus on improving teen driver safety as motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death and injury to adolescents. If successful, research findings will lead to clear strategies to reduce motor vehicle crashes.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALParent-Teen Intervention
Parent health coaching and resources + teen on-road driver experience + safe driving eLearning Modules
OTHERUsual Practice
Standard care for teens who get licensed in the state of PA
Sponsors
University of Pennsylvania
University of Edinburgh
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
16 Years to 17 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Teens between 16 and 17 years and 4 months (17.33 years) of age * Pennsylvania state learner's permits * Will have their Pennsylvania state learner's permit for at least 6 months (self-report) * Self-report of less than 10 hours of behind-the-wheel driving experience. * Teen and parent/caregiver fluent in written and spoken English * Access to at least one practice vehicle * Email address and internet access to complete study procedures
Exclusion criteria
* Teens with self-reported or parent reported (of teen's) visual, medical, or physical impairments that would require a handicap placard or assistive device to drive. * Teens with pervasive developmental delays * Have a sibling enrolled in this study * Enrolled in other teen driving studies
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Police-reported motor vehicle crashes | Licensure to 12 months after licensure | Time to first motor vehicle crash |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Self-reported motor vehicle crashes | First 6 months of licensure |
Countries
United States
Contacts
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORLeann Long, PhD
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORCatherine McDonald, PhD, RN, FAAN
University of Pennsylvania
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORJessica Mirman, PhD
University of Edinburgh
Outcome results
None listed