EVALUATION OF YOUTH PEER-TO-PEER IMPAIRED DRIVING PROGRAMS. FINAL REPORT

More than 16,000 high schools in the United States have youth peer-to-peer groups that encourage students to refrain from drinking, drinking and driving, and riding in a vehicle with a drinking driver. While each of these groups is unique, most refer to themselves as SADD (Students Against Driving Drunk) chapters. Selected highly active chapters were studied in Arizona, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Focus group results indicated that chapter members, primarily female, are leaders in many school and community activities. School-wide surveys conducted in six active peer-to-peer program schools and six comparison schools without active peer-to-peer programs (N = 17,484) indicated that students attending an active-program school were exposed to substantially more in-school activities directed against drinking and drinking and driving. They were also more likely to hold attitudes reflecting positive reasons as to why not to use alcohol. Student self-reported behavior and data covering police-reported crashes were inconclusive. It was felt that student activities such as SADD can be an important component of a total community strategy to deal with underage drinking.

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• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/1557
• Corporate Authors:

  Preusser Research Group, Incorporated

  7100 Main Street
  Trumbull, CT  United States  06611

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

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  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Leaf, W A
  • Preusser, D F
• Publication Date: 1995-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 89 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohol use; Attitudes; Data collection; Drunk driving; Evaluation; High schools; Peer groups; Prevention; Safety programs; Surveys; Traffic safety education
• Identifier Terms: Students Against Drunk Driving
• Old TRIS Terms: Alcohol education programs
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00728466
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-808 309
• Contract Numbers: DTNH22-92-D-05270
• Files: HSL, NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 20 1996 12:00AM