@article{ref1,
title="Evaluating 24/7 Sobriety Program participant reoffense risk",
journal="Journal of safety research",
year="2021",
author="Vachal, Kimberly and Awasthi, Shantanu and Khan, Ihsan Ullah and Zhou, Yun and Choi, Bong-Jin and Tchakounte-Wakem, Seguy",
volume="78",
number="",
pages="270-275",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: Our study investigated risk factors in survival among a subpopulation of drivers in North Dakota's 24/7 Sobriety Program. Participants mandated for a second driving-under-the-influence of alcohol (DUI) arrest were studied for a three-year interval that commenced with the start date for a 360-day enrollment. <br><br>METHOD: A Stratified Cox regression model was developed to compute the hazard ratios for survival. A subsequent DUI-related offense as event of interest. Relation to the explanatory variable array that could be construed from administrative records were investigated. <br><br>RESULTS: Older drivers were 6.31 times more likely to reoffend than the younger driver cohort of 18-35-years. The survival curve slope showed the fastest decline in the 361-day to 730-day interval. Neither gender nor residence region was a significant predictor in DUI reoffense over the three-year monitoring interval. Preliminary work suggests reoffense was more likely if an individual had program history prior to this court mandated 360-day term in the 24/7 Sobriety Program for a second DUI. The program experience finding was unexpected but could not be studied in greater detail due to data and resource limitations. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Administrative records access created a novel opportunity to explore an evolving impaired driving prevention strategy that has shown early promise. Individual driver survival in and after the 24/7 Sobriety Program was studied for three-years. <br><br>FINDINGS show age, post-program time interval, and possibly program history as areas to explore to improve survival rates. Driver DUI offense were most common shortly after program completion. Although limited to a single state, findings increase knowledge for refining strategies designed to impact driver subpopulations at higher risk for reoffense.  Keywords: Ethanol impaired driving <p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-4375",
doi="10.1016/j.jsr.2021.06.012",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsr.2021.06.012"
}