TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - Persistence of effects of the Checkpoints program on parental restrictions of teen driving privileges
JO  - American journal of public health
A1  - Simons-Morton, Bruce G.
A1  - Hartos, Jessica L.
A1  - Leaf, William A.
A1  - Preusser, David F.
SP  - 447
EP  - 452
VL  - 95
IS  - 3
N2  - OBJECTIVES: We describe intervention effects on parent limits on novice teenage driving. METHODS: We recruited parents and their 16-year-old children (n = 469) with learner's permits and randomized them from August 2000 to March 2003. Intervention families received persuasive newsletters related to high-risk teenage driving and a parent-teenager driving agreement; comparison families received standard information on driver safety. We conducted interviews when the adolescents obtained a learner's permit, upon licensure, and at 3, 6, and 12 months postlicensure. RESULTS: Intervention parents and teenagers reported stricter limits on teen driving compared with the comparison group at 12 months, with direct effects through 3 months and indirect effects through 12 months postlicensure. CONCLUSIONS: A simple behavioral intervention was efficacious in increasing parental restriction of high-risk teen driving conditions among newly licensed drivers.
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SN  - 0090-0036
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2003.023127
ID  - ref1
ER  -