3 results match your criteria: "University of Alabama Hospital Systems[Affiliation]"
Risky Teen Driving in a Rural Southern State.
South Med J
May 2017
From the Department of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, and the Southeast Child Safety Institute, University of Alabama Hospital Systems, Children's of Alabama, Birmingham, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, and Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.
Objective: Alabama is one of the five US states with the highest teen driving mortality. We recruited teen drivers to participate in a questionnaire regarding high-risk driving behaviors.
Methods: Teens were recruited from a large county school system to participate in a voluntary anonymous survey.
Teen driving behaviors in a rural southern state.
South Med J
December 2014
From the Department of Pediatric Emergency Medicine and the Southeast Child Safety Unit, University of Alabama Hospital Systems, Children's of Alabama, Birmingham.
Objectives: Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for teenagers. Alabama ranks fourth in the United States for teen crash fatalities. We sought to describe risky driving behaviors among teens in the rural areas of the state's most populous county.
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J Trauma Acute Care Surg
September 2014
From the Pediatric Emergency Medicine (K.M., M.N., W.D.K.), and SafeKids of Alabama (M.C.), Southeast Child Safety Institute (W.D.K.), Children's of Alabama (E.I.), University of Alabama Hospital Systems, Birmingham; and Center for Advanced Public Safety (J.N.), The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Background: Motor vehicle crashes (MVCs) are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in teens. Alabama has been in the Top 5 states for MVC fatality rate among teens in the United States for several years. Twelve years of teen MVC deaths and injuries were evaluated.
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