Comparison of recidivism rates for a Teenage Trauma Prevention Program after the addition of high fidelity patient simulation.

CONCLUSIONS: Adding simulation is well-received by participants, leads to positive reflections regarding changes in risk-taking behaviors but resulted in no changes to the high recidivism rates This may be due to the often ineffectiveness of fear appeals.
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Source: Traffic Injury Prevention - November 29, 2017 Category: Accident Prevention Authors: White ML, Zinkan JL, Smith G, Peterson DT, Youngblood AQ, Dodd A, Parker W, Strachan S, Sloane P, Tofil N Tags: Traffic Inj Prev Source Type: research