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Reducing injury among high risk taking adolescents:

Reducing injury among high risk taking adolescents:. The development of an intervention program. Presented by Rebekah Chapman. Wider project team includes M. Sheehan, V. Siskind, L. Buckley, B. Partridge, D. Durrington (QUT), J. Western, C. Bond, M. Hayes (UQ) and P. Palamara, (UWA).

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Reducing injury among high risk taking adolescents:

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  1. Reducing injury among high risk taking adolescents: The development of an intervention program Presented by Rebekah Chapman Wider project team includes M. Sheehan, V. Siskind, L. Buckley, B. Partridge, D. Durrington (QUT), J. Western, C. Bond, M. Hayes (UQ) and P. Palamara, (UWA) Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety – Queensland www.carrsq.qut.edu.au

  2. Mortality Rates from Injury:(12 – 24 years)Australia, 1997 (AIHW, 1999) Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety – Queensland www.carrsq.qut.edu.au

  3. Research Aim • The overall goal of the intervention research is to reduce injuriesamong young people (Year 9 level) that are due to risk taking behaviour • Risk taking behaviours: • Underage drinking and other substance use • Underage/unlawful driving • Riding as passengers of drink drivers and drink cycling • Interpersonal violence Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety – Queensland www.carrsq.qut.edu.au

  4. Risk Taking in Adolescence Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety – Queensland www.carrsq.qut.edu.au

  5. Underage drinking • Alcohol is currently widely used by Australian secondary students (White et al., 2003) • Questionnaire study: 399 secondary schools across Australia; 26,489 students aged 12-17 years • Those aged 14 years: • 34% of males had consumed alcohol in the last week • 30% of females had consumed alcohol in the last week TABLE 1: Alcohol drinking status, young people aged 14-17 years, 2001 (AIHW, 2003) (a) Regular: Consumes alcohol on at least one day per week (b) Consumes alcohol less often than one day per week Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety – Queensland www.carrsq.qut.edu.au

  6. Illicit Substance Use Proportion of young people aged 12-17 years who had used an illicit drug in the last 12 months (AIHW, 2003) Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety – Queensland www.carrsq.qut.edu.au

  7. Underage driving • WA newly licensed drivers (Stevenson & Palamara, 2001) • 23% of 1,277 participants drove weekly or even daily prior to obtaining learners license • Drink driving and riding in adolescence (Sheehan et al., 1996) • n=4527 Queensland high school students, Mean age 14.8 years • 35% reported having driven a car on a public road in the past year • Underage driving and injury in NSW (Lam, 2003) • Crash information reported by NSW police at the scene of motor-vehicle crash incidents • Data from RTA for the period 1996 – 2000 • 14 year olds: • Fatality/injury rate: 13.3 per 100,000 population • Total crash rate: 35.4 per 100,000 population Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety – Queensland www.carrsq.qut.edu.au

  8. Drink driving and riding TABLE 2: Activities undertaken by Queensland high school students (Mean age 14.8) after drinking two or more glasses of alcohol in one hour (Sheehan et al., 1996) TABLE 3: Frequency of being a passenger of a drink driver among Queensland high school students (Mean age 14.8) in the past month (Sheehan et al., 1996) Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety – Queensland www.carrsq.qut.edu.au

  9. Interpersonal violence TABLE 4: Violent undertakings of Queensland high school students (Mean age 14.8) in the past year (Sheehan et al., 1996) Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety – Queensland www.carrsq.qut.edu.au

  10. Risk and Protective Factors Risk Factors Protective Factors • Individual: • Sensation seeking • Impulsiveness • Low self esteem • Individual: • Religiosity • Attachment to parents • Family: • Parental monitoring • Parental help with school • Parental disapproval of risks • Family: • Poor supervision • Parental modelling • Family conflict Adolescent risk taking • School: • Academic achievement • Perceived school connectedness • School effort/interest • School: • Poor academic performance • School misbehaviour • Truancy • Peers: • Peer encouragement of risk taking • Peer modelling • Peers: • Peer disapproval of risks • Pro-social peers Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety – Queensland www.carrsq.qut.edu.au

  11. The Intervention Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety – Queensland www.carrsq.qut.edu.au

  12. Intervention Populations Normative Group Intervention (WA) High Risk Group Intervention (QLD) TAFE/Work/ Flexible Learning Year 9 School population Possible school leavers Detention Centres 10 Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety – Queensland www.carrsq.qut.edu.au

  13. Normative Group Intervention (WA)Health Education Program Experimental Region (Normative group) High Schools “Dr YES” Intervention Students (Year 9) Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety – Queensland www.carrsq.qut.edu.au

  14. High Risk Group Intervention (Qld)Multi-target Strategy Experimental Region (High Risk Group) Youth Services (e.g. FLP) TAFE Centrelink Agencies High Schools Police Young people Youth Workers Students (Year 9) Parents/ Guardians Other school staff Guidance Officers Teachers Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety – Queensland www.carrsq.qut.edu.au

  15. Qld School-based Intervention Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety – Queensland www.carrsq.qut.edu.au

  16. Youth Risk Taking Workshop • What for? • Present the intervention to Education Qld staff, gauge interest and gain advice • Who was involved? • Relevant Education Qld head office staff • Executive Directors (Schools) and Senior Guidance Officers from the Logan Beaudesert (LB) and Stafford Geebung (SG) Education Districts • School staff at State High Schools within LB and SG • Flexible learning program staff within LB and SG • Focus Groups • Three focus group sessions held throughout the day • - Education Qld Head Office Staff • - School Guidance Officers • - Support and alternative education staff - Year Coordinators and teaching staff - LB - Year Coordinators and teaching staff - SG - Teaching and special ed staff - LB Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety – Queensland www.carrsq.qut.edu.au

  17. Youth Risk Taking WorkshopKey Feedback • High risk takers • Risk taking begins prior to Year 10 • Males are the main problem group but females are becoming more involved • Risk taking behaviour is associated with low academic achievement, low self esteem, often low SES and a lack of appropriate parental modelling • Implications for change • Program needs to run for a couple of years and not just be a once-off • Need to involve community based young people • A harm minimisation approach is needed • Intervention also needs to target parents/guardians Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety – Queensland www.carrsq.qut.edu.au

  18. Youth Risk Taking WorkshopKey Feedback • Intervention methods and processes • Intervention needs to be engaging, interactive and non-traditional, employing a variety of stimulus • Must be implemented across the board and integrated into the school curriculum. Some contents should be assessable • A Professional Development component is considered important • Program should offer teachers greater support in the classroom context Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety – Queensland www.carrsq.qut.edu.au

  19. Where to from here? • School-based intervention • Schools’ participation • Focus groups with school staff, parents and adolescents • Resources developed and intervention implemented in 2005 • Community youth services (including flexible learning programs) • Focus groups with students • Workshops/meetings with staff to discuss intervention methods and processes • Develop contacts with TAFE, Centrelink agencies and Catholic/ independent schools Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety – Queensland www.carrsq.qut.edu.au

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