Goal 2: Expand programmatic efforts, and facilitate opportunities
for collaborative injury prevention initiatives focusing on teen driver
safety that provides leadership, funding, data, policy, and evaluation
to support the needs of schools and community partners serving
families and students in targeted communities
Anticipated Impact
1. Reduce the number of traffic fatalities and injuries among young drivers and
passengers in the metro Denver area, with special emphasis on increasing seat belt
usage rates among African-American and Hispanic families living in the targeted
neighborhoods.
2. Increase the knowledge of teens, parents, and caregivers about Colorado’s
Graduated Driver’s Licensing laws in the identified high-risk zip codes by offering
education and outreach opportunities to residents of these communities, and
measuring progress toward this increase.
3. Reduce the barrier of access to evidenced-based teen driver safety prevention
strategies and resources among parents, caregivers, and other child guardians in
identified high-risk neighborhoods by providing targeted programming to address
the MVC injury burden.
Strategy 2.1
Integrate Teen Driver Safety program efforts to target (1) parents of teens residing
in neighborhoods at disproportionate risk for MVC injuries; and (2) teens 15-19 years
residing in neighborhoods at disproportionate risk for MVC injuries.
Strategy 2.2
Advocate and provide leadership to policy efforts aimed at strengthening of the
Colorado Graduated Driver License Law (Colorado Revised Statute 42-2-106, Code
062) to reflect best practice recommendations from the National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration.
Tactic: Integration of teen driver safety program opportunities for students
attending high schools in targeted neighborhoods; integration of teen driver safety
opportunities through CHCO’s Clinically Integrated Network and community partners.
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