| Prevalence and correlates of street racing among ontario high school students. | |
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PMID: 21972854 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Objectives: This study examined the prevalence and correlates of street racing among adolescents derived from the 2009 Ontario Student Drug Use and Health Survey (OSDUHS), an epidemiological survey of students in Ontario, Canada. Methods: The key response variable, self-reported street racing in past year, was examined in relation to grade level, rural/urban, school marks, cannabis use, drinking and driving, cannabis use and driving, and property, physical, drugs, and weapons delinquencies. All survey estimates were weighted, and variance and statistical tests were corrected for the complex sampling design. Results: Of the 3053 9th- to 12th-graders (66% response rate), 5.6 percent of high-schoolers (an estimated 42,000 in the province) and (20.4% of grade 11 and 12 students with an advanced-level or full license) reported driving a car, truck, or sport utility vehicle (SUV) in a street race in the 12 months before the survey. Logistic regression analysis of the advanced-level or fully licensed students in grades 11 and 12 found that males compared to females and students in grade 11 compared to students in grade 12 had significantly higher adjusted odds of street racing. Supportive of problem behavior theory, students who reported property and drug delinquencies compared to students not engaging in these delinquencies also had significantly higher adjusted odds of street racing. Conclusions: This first population-based study in North America suggested that the prevalence of street racing at 1 in 5 of advanced or fully licensed high-schoolers in grades 11 and 12 poses significant public health concerns, especially related to the potential for unintentional injury. |
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Authors:
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Evelyn Vingilis; Reginald G Smart; Robert E Mann; Angela Paglia-Boak; Gina Stoduto; Edward M Adlaf |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Traffic injury prevention Volume: 12 ISSN: 1538-957X ISO Abbreviation: Traffic Inj Prev Publication Date: 2011 Oct |
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Created Date: 2011-10-06 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101144385 Medline TA: Traffic Inj Prev Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 443-50 Citation Subset: IM |
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a Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario , London , Ontario , Canada. |
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