Background: Motor vehicle crashes remain the leading cause of death and disability in teenagers. Graduated licensing laws, enforcement of a legal drinking age of 21 years, zero tolerance, and mandatory restraints have been successful in reducing crashes and fatalities. Media safety campaigns have been less successful. This study was designed to analyze whether perceived effectiveness of public service announcements (PSAs) differed between teens and adults. We hypothesized that adult-derived intent differs from teen perception.
Methods: High-school students attending an annual municipal student safety exposition were asked to rank order six PSAs that were previously judged by an almost all adult committee. Additionally, students were asked to rate the PSAs on an agreement Likert scale assessing interest, understandability, and believability and to indicate potential effect on driving behavior. Students further graded their agreement with 10 top-published driving distracters and were asked to list additional perceived driving distracters.
Results: Of the 330 surveys collected, 201 students aged 14 years to 19 years selected at least one choice and 181 ranked-ordered >1 PSA. The PSA #3 selected by the original adult judges was ranked second (33%) by teens with PSA #1 in first place (34%). PSA 1 was not considered as effective by the adult judges. Student age, race, grade, or gender did not produce statistically significant differences. A cohort of 186 teens responded to nationally noted driving distracters with >86% in agreement. Eating and applying cosmetics were additional distracters noted by students completing the survey.
Conclusion: Preventative media messages should include teen stakeholder review. The components of effective adolescent safety messages continue to require further study.
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