@article{ref1,
title="Factors influencing participation and engagement in a teen safe driving intervention: a qualitative study",
journal="International journal of environmental research and public health",
year="2024",
author="Rose, Dominique M. and Sieck, Cynthia J. and Kaur, Archana and Wheeler, Krista K. and Sullivan, Lindsay and Yang, Jingzhen",
volume="21",
number="7",
pages="-",
abstract="(1) Background: Few teen driving safety programs focus on increasing parental engagement with high-risk teen drivers, specifically those with a traffic violation. This study explored parents'/guardians' ('parents') experiences with a teen driving safety program, ProjectDRIVE, including facilitators and barriers to program engagement. (2) Methods: We conducted virtual, semi-structured interviews with parents who completed ProjectDRIVE, which included in-vehicle driving feedback technology and individualized virtual training with parents on effective parent-teen communication. (3) Results: Twenty interviews (with 17 females and three males) were transcribed verbatim and independently coded by three coders using systematic, open, and focused coding. Three major themes were identified: factors influencing a parent's initial decision to participate, factors influencing continued engagement, and perceived benefits of participation. The decision to participate was influenced by these subthemes: parental motivation to help their teen, perceived program usefulness, program endorsement, program incentives, parents' busy schedules, and lack of access to a car/internet. Subthemes impacting continued engagement included enhanced communication skills, teen willingness to engage, strong parental engagement, and teens' other priorities. Perceived benefits included greater self-efficacy in communication, improved communication patterns and frequency, and enhanced parent-teen relationships. (4) Conclusions: These findings may set the foundation for developing and implementing future court-ordered parent-based teen safe driving programs for teens with traffic citations.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1661-7827",
doi="10.3390/ijerph21070928",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21070928"
}