Preventing Motor Vehicle Crashes Among Young Drivers: Evaluation of the Checkpoints Program Presented by the American Automobile Association

NCT00920049 | Completed Phase 1

• 2 other identifiers: 99990916509-CH-N165
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 830
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Background:

• Automobile crash risks are highest right after licensure and decline rapidly for about 6 months and then gradually for years, regardless of the amount of supervised practice driving or age at licensure. The only approaches to this problem that have demonstrated effectiveness are Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) and parental management.
• The Checkpoints Program consists of persuasive messages and materials designed to increase adoption of the Checkpoints Parent-Teen Driving Agreement and to improve parents' ability to set limits on higher-risk driving privileges for novice drivers. Researchers are interested in determining whether expanding the Checkpoints Program to an online version (instead of through the mail) can help improve parent limit-setting in connection with the program. Objectives:
• To determine the feasibility and effectiveness of conducting an online version of the Checkpoints Program through American Automobile Association (AAA) clubs.
• To test rates of parental intervention and limit-setting after participation in the Checkpoints Program. Eligibility: \- Parents whose teenage children are enrolled in AAA-affiliated driving schools. Design:
• Parents with children at the permit stage of driver's education will be recruited through AAA clubs and will be asked to visit a designated Web site to sign up for the program.
• Parents will provide consent and complete the baseline survey, and will be assigned to random groups to test different versions of the Checkpoints Program (the intervention or a control group Web site).
• The intervention program will contain videos, regular e-mails, and newsletters on setting parental limits and information on specific teen driving risks. The control program will provide information on various topics related to the licensing procedure and safe driving, but no specific information on teen driving risks.
• A follow-up assessment will be conducted 1 month after the teenager receives his or her license.

Conditions

Injury

Keywords

Driving; Injury; Prevention; Intervention; Parents

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Improvements in risky driving and crash risk

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Adoption of parent-teen driving agreement and adherence to graduated driver licensing policy

Interventions

Persuasion BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 15 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• The adolescent is between the ages of 15 years 6 months to 17 years 0 month at time of recruitment;
• The adolescent lives with the parent or legal guardian at least 50% of the time;
• The parent has routine access to the internet and is able to complete on line surveys in English;
• A parent or legal guardian agrees to participate.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD): lead

Study Sites (1)

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), 9000 Rockville

Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States

Location

Related Publications (3)

• Arnett JJ. Developmental sources of crash risk in young drivers. Inj Prev. 2002 Sep;8 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):ii17-21; discussion ii21-3. doi: 10.1136/ip.8.suppl_2.ii17.

  PMID: 12221026 BACKGROUND

• Foss R, Goodwin A. Enhancing the effectiveness of graduated driver licensing legislation. J Safety Res. 2003 Jan;34(1):79-84. doi: 10.1016/s0022-4375(02)00083-x.

  PMID: 12535909 BACKGROUND

• Hartos JL, Nissen WJ, Simons-Morton BG. Acceptability of the Checkpoints Parent-Teen Driving Agreement: pilot test. Am J Prev Med. 2001 Aug;21(2):138-41. doi: 10.1016/s0749-3797(01)00330-0.

  PMID: 11457634 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Wounds and Injuries

Study Officials

• Germaine M Louis, M.D.

  Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: phase 1
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: NIH

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 10, 2009
• First Posted: June 12, 2009
• Study Start: June 5, 2009
• Primary Completion: March 29, 2012
• Study Completion: March 29, 2012
• Last Updated: July 2, 2017

Record last verified: 2012-03-29

Locations

US (1)