Handheld Cellphone Use and Risky Driving in Adolescents
In this cross-sectional study of adolescent drivers, trips with handheld cellphone use and speeding were associated with higher rates of KRD, while individual characteristics were not. The findings suggest that smartphone telematics apps provide an opportunity to observe behaviors as well as surveil changes due to intervention efforts.
Authors
- Kevin Rix (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3710-719X)
- Douglas J. Wiebe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6434-8693)
- Ruiying Xiong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7524-6764)
- Catherine C. McDonald (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3856-8542)
- Jeffrey P. Ebert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4044-0972)
- Subhash Aryal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8300-1484)
- M. Kit Delgado
Institutions
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- University of Michigan (US)
- Penn Center for AIDS Research (US)
- University of Pennsylvania Health System (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Network Open
- Published
- 2024-10-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.39328
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Traffic and Road Safety
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.19
Funders
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention