Adoption and Implementation of an Evidence-based Safe Driving Program for High-Risk Teen Drivers
Ginger Yang
Summary
To translate our evidence-based, parent-engagement safe teen driving intervention to a high-risk, rural and urban teen drivers with a traffic violation, and to test the implementation, effectiveness, and cost-effectiveness of the proposed intervention.
Description
For this study, 290 teen and parent/guardian dyads will be randomized into one of three study groups for 12 months with 6 months of active data collection. Teens will be aged 16-17 who committed a moving-related traffic violation and their parent/legal guardian who is most involved with their driving. Dyads will be recruited from both urban and rural counties in Ohio following the teen's moving violation conviction. The study will determine the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the intervention on teens' risky driving events, unsafe driving behaviors, traffic violation recidivism, and mo…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 16–18 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria: * Teen must be 16 or 17 years old at the time of the moving-related violation * Teen must be found guilty of committing the violation * Teen must possess a valid Ohio provisional driver's license and proof of car insurance * Teen must have access to a vehicle with an On-board Diagnostics II system port (i.e., cars made after 1996) in which they are the primary driver * Teen must have a smart phone with Bluetooth capabilities Exclusion Criteria: * Teen is unable to drive due to injury, has a suspended driver's license, and/or car damage * Teen has previously received a tr…
Interventions
- Combination ProductIn-vehicle Device
The Azūga™ in-vehicle driving feedback technology, which consists of a pager-sized device plugged into the vehicle's on-board diagnostic port (installed in the teen's car) and a smart phone app (downloaded on the teen's smart phone), will be installed/downloaded. Three types of feedback will be provided to intervention teens: 1) Direct audio feedback from the installed device; 2) Detailed cumulative driving data via the smart phone app and study website; 3) A customized biweekly driving summary report via study website; and 4) Push notification on the phone screen when a trip ends.
- BehavioralExpert-Delivered Parent Communication Training
An individualized virtual training in communication strategies about teen driving safety along with a booster session will be delivered by a traffic safety communication specialist to parents in the Feedback and Expert-Delivered Parent Communication Intervention Group. Intervention parents in this group will also be provided with access to an online parent-teen safe driving communication guide.
- BehavioralPeer-Delivered Parent Communication Training
An individualized virtual training in communication strategies about teen driving safety along with a booster session will be delivered by a peer trainer who is a parent of teen with traffic citation and has participated in the Feedback and Expert-Delivered Parent Communication Intervention Group. Intervention parents in this group will also be provided with access to an online parent-teen safe driving communication guide.
Location
- Nationwide Children's HospitalColumbus, Ohio