TY - JOUR PY - 2009// TI - Alcohol-impaired driving and children in the household JO - Family and community health A1 - Boyd, Rebecca A1 - Kresnow, Marcie-jo A1 - Dellinger, Ann M. SP - 167 EP - 174 VL - 32 IS - 2 N2 - 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.

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LA - en SN - 0160-6379 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/FCH.0b013e3181994807 ID - ref1 ER -