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Peer reviewedYoung, Connie – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 1991
Presents "Alcohol, Drugs, Driving and You" (ADDY), a comprehensive program designed to prevent adolescent alcohol- and drug-related crashes and to prepare young people to be more responsible drivers and passengers. Describes program modules, evaluation results, and school and community benefits that may result from adopting this program.…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Adolescents, Alcohol Education, Community Benefits
Download full textMMWR: Morbidity and Morality Weekly Report, 2000
In the United States, approximately three-fourths of all deaths among persons aged 10-24 years result from only four causes: motor-vehicle crashes, other unintentional injuries, homicide, and suicide. Results from this 1999 national Youth Risk Behavior Survey demonstrate that numerous high school students engage in behaviors that increase the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Death, Drinking
Peer reviewedStoduto, Gina; Adlaf, Edward M. – Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2001
Study examined data from students reporting driving within one hour of drinking two or more drinks. Three-cluster typology included: Marginals engage in least amount of delinquent behaviors, alcohol use, and drinking-driving; Heavy Drinkers are heaviest drinkers, most frequent drinking-drivers, and have greatest driving exposure; Delinquents…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cluster Analysis, Delinquency, Drinking
Williams, Allan F. – 1995
Worldwide there is great variation in how licensing young people to drive is handled. The minimum age for regular licensure varies, generally from 15 to 18 years. Prerequisites and conditions for licensure vary. Some licensing policies are more effective than others in controlling injuries associated with youthful driving; crashes involving young…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Certification, Driver Education, Eligibility
Utah State Office of Education, Salt Lake City. – 1996
This report describes results from the 1995 Utah Youth Risk Behavior Survey of Utah's high school students and compares results to selected 1991 and 1993 results. The 76-item survey was identical to the national survey, though it omitted questions about sexual behavior. It examined unintentional and intentional injuries; tobacco, alcohol, and…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Adolescents, Eating Habits, Health Behavior
Wallace, Dianna; Lane, Stephanie – 1997
This Kids Count report examines statewide trends in the well-being of Indiana's children. The statistical portrait is based on 6 general areas of children's well-being: (1) demographic change; (2) education; (3) economic independence; (4) healthy bodies; (5) humane environment; and (6) spirit and character. Nine key indicators of child well-being…
Descriptors: Accidents, Adolescents, Birth Weight, Births to Single Women
