Screening and Brief Advice to Reduce Adolescents' Risk of Riding With Substance-Using Drivers.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Alcohol- and drug-related car crashes are a leading cause of death for adolescents in the United States. This analysis tested the effects of a computer-facilitated Screening and Brief Advice (cSBA) system for primary care on adolescents' reports of driving after drinking or drug use (driving) and riding with substance-using drivers (riding).

Method

Twelve- to 18-year-old patients (N = 2,096) at nine New England pediatric offices completed assessments only during the initial 18-month treatment-as-usual (TAU) phase. Subsequently, the 18-month cSBA intervention phase began with a 1-hour provider training and implementation of the cSBA system at all sites. cSBA included a notebook-computer with self-administered screener, immediate scoring and feedback, and 10 pages of

SUBMITTER: Knight JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6090102 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature