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Preventing alcohol and cannabis-impaired driving among adolescents: Effects of a web-intervention in a driver education program.
| Τίτλος: | Preventing alcohol and cannabis-impaired driving among adolescents: Effects of a web-intervention in a driver education program. |
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| Συγγραφείς: | Osilla KC; Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, United States. Electronic address: kosilla@stanford.edu., Nameth K; Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, United States., Rodriguez A; RAND, Boston, MA, United States., Hummer JF; RAND, Santa Monica, California, United States., D'Amico EJ; RAND, Santa Monica, California, United States. |
| Πηγή: | Journal of substance use and addiction treatment [J Subst Use Addict Treat] 2026 Jul; Vol. 186, pp. 209945. Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Mar 17. |
| Τύπος έκδοσης: | Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
| Στοιχεία περιοδικού: | Publisher: Elsevier Inc Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 9918541186406676 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2949-8759 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 29498759 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Subst Use Addict Treat Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Original Publication: [New York] : Elsevier Inc., [2023]- |
| Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): | Automobile Driving*/education , Driving Under the Influence*/prevention & control , Alcohol Drinking*/prevention & control , Internet-Based Intervention* , Adolescent Behavior*, Humans ; Female ; Adolescent ; Male ; Internet |
| Περίληψη: | Introduction: Adolescence is a critical period during which teens initiate and escalate substance use, as well as begin learning to drive. Limited research has evaluated programs to prevent impaired driving behaviors in this age group. We tested effects of adding a single-session web intervention to existing driver education curriculum. Methods: Driving school staff recruited participants aged 15.5 to 17 from 12 driver education programs. Participants were randomized to driver education only (usual care, 30 h) or driver education plus a single-session web intervention (webCHAT, ∼30 min). Participants completed surveys at baseline and six months. Results: The sample (N = 198) was 60% female, 80% White, and averaged 15.7 (SD = 0.8) years old. At baseline, 25% and 8% reported past three-month alcohol and cannabis use, respectively, and 19% and 10% reported ever riding with someone under the influence of alcohol or cannabis, respectively. At follow-up, webCHAT participants reported significantly lower perceived peer alcohol (-1.14, 95% CI: -1.915, -0.372, p = 0.004) and cannabis (-1.09, 95% CI: -1.866, -0.306, p = 0.007) use norms compared to usual care participants. Both webCHAT and usual care participants significantly reduced past month alcohol and cannabis use and viewed impaired driving as riskier and less acceptable at follow-up. Conclusion: Driver education programs offer a unique opportunity to prevent substance use and impaired driving when adolescents are motivated to participate to secure their driver's license. These programs should continue updating curricula to reflect the state of science for alcohol and drug prevention. Clinical Trial Registration: NCT04959461. (Copyright © 2026 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.) |
| Competing Interests: | Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. |
| Grant Information: | R34 AA027689 United States AA NIAAA NIH HHS |
| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: Adolescents; Alcohol; Brief intervention; Cannabis; Impaired driving; Motivational interviewing; Prevention |
| Molecular Sequence: | ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04959461 |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20260318 Date Completed: 20260711 Latest Revision: 20260711 |
| Update Code: | 20260711 |
| PubMed Central ID: | PMC13171158 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.josat.2026.209945 |
| PMID: | 41850531 |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | MEDLINE |
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