Does geographic location matter for transportation risk behaviors among U.S. public high school students?

Ruth A Shults, Kate M Shaw, Merissa A Yellman, Sherry Everett Jones

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Article in Journal of transport & health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Ruth A ShultsDivision of Injury Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway NE, Mailstop S106-9, Atlanta, GA, 30341, USA.

Kate M ShawDivision of Injury Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway NE, Mailstop S106-9, Atlanta, GA, 30341, USA.

Merissa A YellmanDivision of Injury Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway NE, Mailstop S106-9, Atlanta, GA, 30341, USA.

Sherry Everett JonesDivision of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1660 Clifton Road NE, Mailstop US8-1, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA.

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Abstract

Introduction: Teen motor vehicle crash fatality rates differ by geographic location. Studies assessing teen transportation risk behaviors by location are inconclusive. Therefore, we explored the role of census region and metropolitan status for driving prevalence and four transportation risk behaviors among U.S. public high school students. Methods: Data from 2015 and 2017 national Youth Risk Behavior Surveys were combined and analyzed. Multivariable models controlled for sex, age, race/ethnicity, grades in school, and school socioeconomic status. Results: Overall, 41% of students did not always wear a seat belt. Students attending schools in the Northeast were 40% Conclusions: We found few differences in teen transportation risk behaviors by census region or metropolitan status. Age at licensure, time since licensure, driving experience, and the policy and physical driving environment might contribute more to variation in teen fatal crashes by location than differences in transportation risk behaviors. Regardless of location, teen transportation risk behaviors remain high. Future research could address developing effective strategies to reduce teen cell phone use while driving and enhancing community implementation of existing, effective strategies to improve seat belt use and reduce alcohol consumption and driving after drinking alcohol.

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Alcohol-impaired drivingDistracted drivingMetropolitan statusRestraint useSeat belt useTeen driver

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PMID35983498

DOI10.1016/j.jth.2021.101134

PMCPMC9380428

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