Influence of peers and risk perception on distracted driving of teens and parents of teens

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Secondary task engagement and driving: A growing issue in road safety

Tuesday, November 5, 2013: 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Oral

Moderator:

Jingzhen Yang, PhD, MPH

10:30am

Prevalence of secondary task engagement and distraction among novice teen drivers
Johnathon P. Ehsani, PhD, Jessamyn Perlus, B.A., Ashley Russell, PhD, Kaigang Li, PhD and Bruce Simons-Morton, EdD, MPH

10:45am

Victims of fatal distracted driving crashes
Jim P. Stimpson, PhD and Fernando Wilson, PhD

11:00am

Cell phone use while driving; How utahns' risk perceptions and attitudes influence behavior across demographic factors
Logan Cowan, MPH(c), Brianna Magnusson, PhD, MPH, Carl Hanson, PhD, CHES and Steven M. Thygerson, PhD, MSPH, CIH

11:15am

Are risk perceptions associated with adolescent risky driving?
Bruce Simons-Morton, EdD, MPH, Johnathon P. Ehsani, PhD, Kaigang Li, PhD and Ashley Russell, PhD

11:30am

Influence of peers and risk perception on distracted driving of teens and parents of teens
C. Raymond Bingham, PhD, Jennifer Zakrajsek, MS, MPH, Tina Sayer, PhD and Jean T. Shope, MSPH, PhD

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Injury Control and Emergency Health Services
Endorsed by: Occupational Health and Safety, Chiropractic Health Care

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)