The Problem of Youth Drugged Driving
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The Problem of The Problem of Youth Drugged Youth Drugged Driving:Driving:Approaches to Approaches to PreventionPrevention
Erin Holmes, M.A.Research Scientist
Traffic Injury Research FoundationRADD-ONDCP Teen DUID Summit
July 11th, 2014, Columbus, OH
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> In Canada, between 2000 and 2010, the number of fatally injured drivers ages 16-19 who had drugs (illicit and prescription) in their system rose from 23.6% to 39.2% (Brown et al. 2013).
> The percentage of fatally injured drivers ages 16-24 who had psychoactive drugs detected in their system increased from 27.9% in 2000 to 40% in 2010 (Beirness et al. 2013).
> Cannabis is the most commonly found drug in young drivers tested at roadside and who are fatally injured in crashes.
Youth DUID: International problem
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> Youth have perceptions about the prevalence, acceptability, and risk of DUID:
» DUID is not a serious problem.
» DUID is safer than alcohol-impaired driving.
» Some drug use does not adversely affect driving ability.
» Some drug use improves driving ability.
» Likelihood of detection and apprehension is low.
Youth perceptions of DUID
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> Systematically review the literature on prevention initiatives and approaches.
> Identify effective prevention programs, interventions, initiatives, and approaches aimed at reducing DUID among youth.
> Inform the development of future prevention initiatives.
Purpose of review
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> Few programs and campaigns specific to issue and target audience.
> Very limited body of literature; lack of evaluation research.
> Definitive conclusions about the impact of programs and campaigns on behavior could not be drawn.
> Review did identify promising prevention strategies that affected knowledge and changed attitudes.
Review findings
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> Specific approaches, such as encouraging youth to examine their attitudes, think critically, make responsible choices and communicate, could create opportunities for empowerment.
> The teaching of coping skills, life skills, and peer pressure resistance strategies, as well as having youth assume leadership roles, could build self-esteem.
Promising approaches
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> Youth-centric, youth-created, culturally sensitive, factual messaging will ensure information is believable and easily understood by the target audience.
> Involvement of parents and engagement of the community could expand the outreach and impact of prevention initiatives.
> Strategic timing.
Promising approaches
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The importance of self-efficacy> Self-efficacy is the most important predictor
of behavior change (Cismaru et al. 2009).
> Necessary to provide advice on HOW to avoid drugged driving.
» Should involve low costs. » Feasible and practical alternatives.
> Making youth feel that they can actually follow the recommendations should constitute one of the main objectives of any drugged driving prevention campaign.
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> Prevention alone cannot be ‘the’ solution.
> In the absence of the risk of being detected, fined, or prosecuted for drugged driving, education alone is not enough.
> Enforcing detection and penalties in conjunction with prevention efforts could make the consequences of driving after using drugs relevant.
Prevention and enforcement
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