Intentions and willingness to engage in risky driving behaviour among high school adolescents: evaluating the bstreetsmart road safety programme.

Sharwood, LN; Martiniuk, A; Sarrami Foroushani, P; Seggie, J; Wilson, S; Hsu, J; Burns, B; Logan, DB

Intentions and willingness to engage in risky driving behaviour among high school adolescents: evaluating the bstreetsmart road safety programme.

Sharwood, LN Martiniuk, A Sarrami Foroushani, P Seggie, J Wilson, S Hsu, J Burns, B Logan, DB

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Citation:: Inj Prev, 2023, 29, (1), pp. 1-7
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dc.contributor.author	Sharwood, LN
dc.contributor.author	Martiniuk, A
dc.contributor.author	Sarrami Foroushani, P
dc.contributor.author	Seggie, J
dc.contributor.author	Wilson, S
dc.contributor.author	Hsu, J
dc.contributor.author	Burns, B
dc.contributor.author	Logan, DB
dc.date.accessioned	2023-03-17T05:46:20Z
dc.date.available	2022-07-31
dc.date.available	2023-03-17T05:46:20Z
dc.date.issued	2023-02
dc.identifier.citation	Inj Prev, 2023, 29, (1), pp. 1-7
dc.identifier.issn	1353-8047
dc.identifier.issn	1475-5785
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/167487
dc.description.abstract	OBJECTIVE: To investigate the impact of a road safety programme on adolescents' willingness to engage in risky behaviour as probationary drivers, adjusted for covariates of interest. METHOD: The bstreetsmart is a road safety programme delivered to around 25 000 adolescent students annually in New South Wales. Using a smartphone-based app, student and teacher participation incentives, students were surveyed before and after programme attendance. Mixed-methods linear regression analysed pre/post-modified Behaviour of Young Novice Driver (BYNDS_M) scores. RESULTS: 2360 and 1260 students completed pre-event and post-event surveys, respectively. Post-event BYNDS_M scores were around three points lower than pre-event scores (-2.99, 95% CI -3.418 to -2.466), indicating reduced intention to engage in risky driving behaviours. Covariates associated with higher stated intentions of risky driving were exposure to risky driving as a passenger (1.21, 95% CI 0.622 to 2.011) and identifying as non-binary gender (2.48, 95% CI 1.879 to 4.085), adjusting for other predictors. CONCLUSIONS: Trauma-informed, reality-based injury prevention programmes can be effective in changing short-term stated intentions to engage in risky driving, among a pre-independent driving student population. The adolescent novice driver age group is historically challenging to engage, and injury prevention action must be multipronged to address the many factors influencing their behaviour.
dc.format	Print-Electronic
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP
dc.relation.ispartof	Inj Prev
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1136/ip-2022-044571
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subject	1106 Human Movement and Sports Sciences, 1117 Public Health and Health Services, 1701 Psychology
dc.subject.classification	Public Health
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Adolescent
dc.subject.mesh	Intention
dc.subject.mesh	Accidents, Traffic
dc.subject.mesh	Automobile Driving
dc.subject.mesh	Risk-Taking
dc.subject.mesh	Surveys and Questionnaires
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Risk-Taking
dc.subject.mesh	Intention
dc.subject.mesh	Accidents, Traffic
dc.subject.mesh	Automobile Driving
dc.subject.mesh	Adolescent
dc.subject.mesh	Surveys and Questionnaires
dc.title	Intentions and willingness to engage in risky driving behaviour among high school adolescents: evaluating the bstreetsmart road safety programme.
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	29
utslib.location.activity	England
utslib.for	1106 Human Movement and Sports Sciences
utslib.for	1117 Public Health and Health Services
utslib.for	1701 Psychology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering
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dc.date.updated	2023-03-17T05:46:19Z
pubs.issue	1
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pubs.volume	29
utslib.citation.issue	1

Abstract:

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the impact of a road safety programme on adolescents' willingness to engage in risky behaviour as probationary drivers, adjusted for covariates of interest. METHOD: The bstreetsmart is a road safety programme delivered to around 25 000 adolescent students annually in New South Wales. Using a smartphone-based app, student and teacher participation incentives, students were surveyed before and after programme attendance. Mixed-methods linear regression analysed pre/post-modified Behaviour of Young Novice Driver (BYNDS_M) scores. RESULTS: 2360 and 1260 students completed pre-event and post-event surveys, respectively. Post-event BYNDS_M scores were around three points lower than pre-event scores (-2.99, 95% CI -3.418 to -2.466), indicating reduced intention to engage in risky driving behaviours. Covariates associated with higher stated intentions of risky driving were exposure to risky driving as a passenger (1.21, 95% CI 0.622 to 2.011) and identifying as non-binary gender (2.48, 95% CI 1.879 to 4.085), adjusting for other predictors. CONCLUSIONS: Trauma-informed, reality-based injury prevention programmes can be effective in changing short-term stated intentions to engage in risky driving, among a pre-independent driving student population. The adolescent novice driver age group is historically challenging to engage, and injury prevention action must be multipronged to address the many factors influencing their behaviour.

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