Transportation Safety in Adolescence

Summary

The proposed project will focus on improving teen driver safety as motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death and injury to adolescents. If successful, research findings will lead to clear strategies to reduce motor vehicle crashes.

Conditions

• Automobile Accident

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Parent-Teen Intervention

Parent health coaching and resources + teen on-road driver experience + safe driving eLearning Modules

OTHER

Usual Practice

Standard care for teens who get licensed in the state of PA

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Edinburgh

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Alabama at Birmingham

  collaborator OTHER

• Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

  collaborator OTHER

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

  collaborator NIH

• Wake Forest University Health Sciences

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Pennsylvania

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Leann Long, PhD · Wake Forest University Health Sciences

• Catherine McDonald, PhD, RN, FAAN · University of Pennsylvania

• Jessica Mirman, PhD · University of Edinburgh

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

DOUBLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

16 Years

Max Age

17 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2021-08-18

Primary Completion

2026-03-18

Completion

2026-08-31

Countries

• United States

Study Locations