D'Angelo Lawrence J, Halpern-Felsher Bonnie L
Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Children's National Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, George Washington University, 111 Michigan Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20020, USA.
Am J Prev Med. 2008 Sep;35(3 Suppl):S304-9. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2008.06.014.
Despite clear evidence that motor-vehicle crashes are the leading cause of mortality and severe morbidity among adolescents and young adults, healthcare providers have not been fully engaged in efforts to reduce these rates. A new national awareness and effort to reduce motor-vehicle crashes provides an opportunity to engage healthcare providers and encourage them to play an active role in curbing crash rates. Indeed, research supports the notion that, when provided with adequate knowledge, training, and charting tools or electronic prompts, healthcare providers can increase their rates of screening, educating, and counseling youth and their parents about safe driving and that these efforts can be effective at increasing safety and reducing risk. Healthcare providers' efforts to advocate for safer driving laws and regulations are also important efforts in reducing youth driving risk.
尽管有明确证据表明机动车碰撞是青少年和青年成年人死亡和严重发病的主要原因，但医疗保健提供者尚未充分参与到降低这些比率的工作中。一项新的全国性提高认识和减少机动车碰撞的努力为促使医疗保健提供者参与其中并鼓励他们在遏制碰撞率方面发挥积极作用提供了契机。事实上，研究支持这样一种观点，即当医疗保健提供者获得足够的知识、培训以及图表工具或电子提示时，他们能够提高对青少年及其父母进行安全驾驶筛查、教育和咨询的比率，并且这些努力在提高安全性和降低风险方面是有效的。医疗保健提供者倡导更安全的驾驶法律法规的努力也是降低青少年驾驶风险的重要举措。
