Alcohol-impaired driving and children in the household.
More children in the United States are killed in motor vehicle crashes annually than by any other cause; nearly a quarter of these deaths involve alcohol. This study examines the national prevalence of alcohol-impaired driving and riding with an alcohol-impaired driver and the association of these behaviors to having at least 1 child in the household. An estimated 2.5 million adult drivers with children living in their households reported that they had been a recent alcohol-impaired driver. Evidence-based approaches, including mass media campaigns and sobriety checkpoints, continue to be critically important public health activities.
Boyd
Rebecca
R
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA. rboyd@cdc.gov
Kresnow
Marcie-Jo
MJ
Dellinger
Ann M
AM
D000056:Accident Prevention / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D001334:Automobile Driving / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002648:Child; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education; D015995:Prevalence; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000458:organization & administration; D011639:Public Opinion; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012931:Social Environment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology