Publicized sobriety checkpoint programs to reduce alcohol-impaired driving: recommendation of the Community Preventive Services Task Force.

Publicized Sobriety Checkpoint Programs

Published by Context: Publicized sobriety checkpoint programs deter alcohol-impaired driving by stopping drivers systematically to assess their alcohol impairment. Sobriety checkpoints were recommended in 2001 by the Community Preventive Services Task Force for reducing alcohol-impaired driving, based on strong evidence of effectiveness. Since the 2001 review, attention to alcohol-impaired driv...

Recommendations on the effectiveness of ignition interlocks for preventing alcohol-impaired driving and alcohol-related crashes.

5 Alcohol-impaired driving is responsible for one death every 45 minutes in the U.S. The Task Force on Community Preventive Services (Task Force) has previously studied and made recommendations on several ways to reduce alcohol-impaired driving. The most recent fındings relate to programs to install ignition interlocks in the vehicles of people arrested for alcohol-impaired driving. The recomme...

Reviews of evidence regarding interventions to reduce alcohol-impaired driving.

BACKGROUND Alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes are a major public health problem, resulting in 15,786 deaths and more than 300,000 injuries in 1999. This report presents the results of systematic reviews of the effectiveness and economic efficiency of selected population-based interventions to reduce alcohol-impaired driving. METHODS The Guide to Community Preventive Services's methods for ...

Recommendation Regarding Reducing Alcohol-Impaired Driving — Community Preventive Services Task Force

Effectiveness of multicomponent programs with community mobilization for reducing alcohol-impaired driving.

A systematic review was conducted to determine the effectiveness and economic efficiency of multicomponent programs with community mobilization for reducing alcohol-impaired driving. The review was conducted for the Guide to Community Preventive Services (Community Guide). Six studies of programs qualified for the review. Programs addressed a wide range of alcohol-related concerns in addition t...