High School Students Conduct Seat Belt and Alcohol Awareness Campaigns: AStatewide Incentive Program

摘要

This project examined the effects of high-school-based programs in increasingseat belt use and decreasing drinking and driving among teenage motorists. Seat belt incentive/alcohol awareness programs were initiated at 68 high schools across North Carolina during spring 1994. Students and advisors attended training workshops, then applied for program grants for up to $500. Each school was required to conduct periodic seat belt use surveys and submit a final program report. All schools conducted alcohol awareness activities and documented these activities in the final reports. Since measuring the effectiveness of a school's alcohol program is extremely difficult, evaluation of behavioral change was focused on reported belt use only.