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Evaluation Of An Underage Drinking And Driving After Drinking Intervention In Rusk County, Texas, Tim Sefa
Evaluation Of An Underage Drinking And Driving After Drinking Intervention In Rusk County, Texas, Tim Sefa
Health and Kinesiology Theses
Background: Youth drinking and driving after drinking remains an important public health concern to this nation. Alcohol is the most frequently abused drug among youth. Alcohol-impaired-driving-fatalities are a significant mortality risk for youth. The average age of first consumption was 14.25 years in this study. A school-based intervention called Shattered Dreams was selected to address the problem of youth drinking, by educating high school juniors and seniors about the dangers of alcohol use through an intense, up-close vehicle crash simulation.
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of this intervention in terms of changing student beliefs …