Trends and subgroup differences in transportation-related injury risk and safety behaviors among high school students, 1991-1997

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作者
Everett, SA
Shults, RA
Barrios, LC
Sacks, JJ
Lowry, R
Oeltmann, J
机构
[1] Ctr Dis Control & Prevent, Natl Ctr Chron Dis Prevent & Hlth Promot, Div Adolescent & Sch Hlth, Atlanta, GA 30341 USA
[2] Ctr Dis Control & Prevent, Natl Ctr Injury Prevent & Control, Div Unintent Injury Prevent, Atlanta, GA 30341 USA
关键词
seat belts; helmets; drinking and driving; youth; adolescents; gender differences;
D O I
10.1016/S1054-139X(00)00177-4
中图分类号
B844 [发展心理学(人类心理学)];
学科分类号
040202 ;
摘要
Purpose: To examine national trends in transportation-related injury risk and safety behaviors among U.S. high school students. Methods: To examine secular trends in riding with a driver who had been drinking, driving after drinking, and using seat belts, bicycle helmets, and motorcycle helmets, we used logistic regression to analyze data from national Youth Risk Behavior Surveys (YRBS) conducted in 1991, 1993, 1995, and 1997. The YRBS is a self-administered, anonymous survey that uses a national probability sample of U.S. students in public and private schools from grades 9-12 (N = 55,734 for all years combined). Results: The percentages of students who rode with a driver who had been drinking (36.6% in 1997), drove after drinking alcohol (16.9% in 1997), always wore seat belts (33.2% in 1997), and always wore a motorcycle helmet when riding a motorcycle (45.0% in 1997) remained stable between 1991 and 1997. From 1991 to 1997, the percentage of bicycle riders who always wore a helmet when bicycling showed a small but statistically significant increase (1.1% in 1991 to 3.8% in 1997), but helmet use remained low. Conclusion: Many young people place themselves at unnecessary risk for motor vehicle- and bicycle-related crash injuries and fatalities. Improved motor vehicle-and bicycle-related injury prevention strategies are needed that specifically target adolescents. (C) Society for Adolescent Medicine, 2001.
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