The 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 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.
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Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems.
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D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000517:prevention & control*; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001334:Automobile Driving; D015142:Baltimore / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D015397:Program Evaluation; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012307:Risk Factors; D014193:Trauma Centers