@article{ref1,
title="Steering Teens Safe: a randomized trial of a parent-based intervention to improve safe teen driving",
journal="BMC public health",
year="2014",
author="Peek-Asa, Corinne L. and Cavanaugh, Joseph E. and Yang, Jingzhen and Chande, Vidya and Young, Tracy and Ramirez, Marizen",
volume="14",
number="",
pages="777-777",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Crashes are the leading cause of death for teens, and parent-based interventions are a promising approach. We assess the effectiveness of Steering Teens Safe, a parent-focused program to increase safe teen driving. <br><br>METHODS: Steering Teens Safe aimed to improve parental communication with teens about safe driving using motivational interviewing techniques in conjunction with 19 safe driving lessons. A randomized controlled trial involved 145 parent-teen dyads (70 intervention and 75 control). Intervention parents received a 45-minute session to learn the program with four follow-up phone sessions, a DVD, and a workbook. Control parents received a standard brochure about safe driving. Scores were developed to measure teen-reported quantity and quality of parental communication about safe driving. The main outcome measure was a previously validated Risky Driving Score reported by teens. Because the Score was highly skewed, a generalized linear model based on a gamma distribution was used for analysis. <br><br>RESULTS: Intervention teens ranked their parent's success in talking about driving safety higher than control teens (p = 0.035) and reported that their parents talked about more topics (non-significant difference). The Risky Driving Score was 21% lower in intervention compared to control teens (85% CI = 0.60, 1.00). Interaction between communication quantity and the intervention was examined. Intervention teens who reported more successful communication had a 42% lower Risky Driving Score (95% CI = 0.37, 0.94) than control parents with less successful communication. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: This program had a positive although not strong effect, and it may hold the most promise in partnership with other programs, such as Driver's Education or Graduated Driver's License policies.Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01014923. Registered Nov. 16, 2009.<p/> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1471-2458",
doi="10.1186/1471-2458-14-777",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-777"
}