Preventing Teen Motor Crashes Contributions from the Behavioral and Social Sciences: Workshop Report (2007) / Chapter Skim
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1 Introduction: A Critical Public Health Problem
1 Introduction: A Critical Public Health Problem
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Joshua was one of 3,657 young drivers who died in car crashes in the United States in 2003. When the additional deaths of teen passengers and pedestrians are included, motor vehicle crashes emerge as the leading cause of death for this age group in that year (accounting for 5,988 deaths among youth ages 16 to 20)
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While the impact of these efforts is evident, novice drivers continue to have the highest rates of crashes, injuries, and fatalities of any group; the sheer magnitude of the injuries and fatalities that continue to result from teen crashes shows that current prevention efforts are inadequate. Knowledge about how and why teen motor vehicle crashes happen is the key to developing countermeasures to reduce their number -- and a significant body of applicable knowledge, produced over several decades, exists.
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Research studies are often published in specialized journals that are not widely read by others working in different disciplines or diverse professional environments, and current citation indexing systems make it difficult to integrate research from fields as diverse as public health, traffic safety, adolescent development, and social psychology. To address this void, the Board on Children, Youth, and Families, under the auspices of the National Research Council and the Institute of Medicine, and in collaboration with the Transportation Research Board, formed the Committee on Contributions from the Behavioral and Social Sciences in Reducing and Preventing Teen Motor Crashes to plan a workshop at which experts from the relevant fields could share information and consider ways to put their combined expertise to work.
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2. How can theories and evidence from the behavioral, cognitive, social, health, and biological sciences inform improved prevention, program, and policy interventions to reduce risky teen motor vehicle driving behaviors, as well as promote responsible teen driving?
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The report closes with a discussion of future directions -- Chapter 5 addresses both the need for ongoing research to address pressing questions that have not yet been resolved or have emerged from technological developments, as well as the vital importance of coordinating and capitalizing on an already impressive body of knowledge about teen driving.
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