Teen Driver Safety
Stakeholder Assessment Contributes to Program Planning Guide
January 26, 2017
Read about how Emily Sykes, BS went directly from a co-op student opportunity to full-time Research Coordinator in two years at CIRP@CHOP, learning a lot about teen driving program planning and evaluation along the way.
New Resource Alert: Teen Driving Program Planning & Evaluation Guide
January 3, 2017
Learn how to establish and implement an evidence-informed, practical process to plan, select, and evaluate teen driver safety programs with this new resource from experts at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP).
Parking Lot Distractions
December 19, 2016
In this post, we discuss the findings of a recent National Safety Council poll on driving behaviors in parking lots.
Are GDL Advocates Ready For Action?
December 12, 2016
Is 2017 a good year to build coalition around legislating evidence-based improvements to Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL)? A new report on priorities for GDL advocacy efforts can help guide teen driver safety advocates.
Validating Electronic Health Records for Injury Prevention Research
November 21, 2016
Read about a new CHOP study published in the Journal of Attention Disorders that validated an electronic health record (EHR)–based algorithm to classify the ADHD status of pediatric patients, which is part of a larger retrospective cohort study that aims to examine the association between ADHD and driving outcomes among adolescents.
Emotions & Driving in Stressful Traffic Situations
November 7, 2016
Read about a new CIRP@CHOP study that examined the impact of emotions on teens in stressful driving situations, including heavy traffic and tailgating.
Share This During National Teen Driver Safety Week
October 16, 2016
With the release of new CIRP@CHOP research about compliance with and enforcement of Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL), we invite you to share this infographic during National Teen Driver Safety Week which begins today.
Promote GDL Compliance During National Teen Driver Safety Week
October 13, 2016
In this informative post, Allison E. Curry, PhD, MPH describes new research published today in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine on compliance with and enforcement of GDL restrictions among NJ's intermediate licensed driver population.
Naturalistic Data Describe Teens' Risky Driving
October 6, 2016
James Megariotis, an undergraduate Mechanical Engineering student at Drexel University, shares what he's learned about teen driver behaviors during his CIRP@CHOP research co-op experience.
Good Passengers and Not Good Passengers…
September 12, 2016
To better understand how teen drivers perceive peer passengers as safety risks, we conducted a series of focus group sessions with 30 newly licensed teen drivers ages 16 to 18. Read about the findings, which were recently published in the Journal of Pediatric Nursing.