AN ECOLOGICAL APPROACH TO THE PREVENTION OF INJURIES DUE TO DRINKING AND DRIVING

Among the many alcohol-related public health concerns, motor vehicle crashes account for nearly one-third of all deaths attributable to alcohol. Adolescents and young adults, particularly males, are important target populations for intervention efforts. Taking an ecological perspective of individuals within their soical and physical environments, a diagnostic framework is employed in reviewing the literature on factors associated with drinking and driving injuries and on interventions to prevent injuries due to drinking and driving. Intervention planning is conceptualized according to a multilevel intervention framework, which consists of 4 phases: (1) health goals selection, (2) intervention planning, (3) intervention, and (4) evaluation. Possible intervention objectives, targets of the intervention actions, intervention approaches, and evaluation criteria are identified and discussed for 3 societal levels and 4 practice settings.

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• Authors:
  • Simons-Morton, B G
  • Brink, S G
  • Simons-Morton, D G
  • McIntyre, R M
  • Chapman, M
  • Longoria, J
  • Parcel, G S
• Publication Date: 1989

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 397-411
• Serial:
  • Health Education Quarterly
  • Volume: 16
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0195-8402

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcoholic beverages; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Evaluation; Health; Injuries; Males; Prevention; Public health; Teenage drivers; Young adults
• Uncontrolled Terms: Criteria
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00492112
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1990 12:00AM