UMTRI Project

Translating the Checkpoints Program for State-Wide Distribution on the Web

Sponsor: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
Investigators: C. Raymond Bingham, Jean T. Shope
09/01/2008 - 08/31/2012

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the translation of the Checkpoints Program, an evidence-based, parent-oriented teen-driving intervention, for statewide adoption in Michigan using a sustainable delivery mode that could be adopted and institutionalized by other states. The following aims are being addressed: (1) Develop the Checkpoints website and promotional plan, and examine the adaptability and fidelity of the Checkpoints Program when disseminated over the worldwide web; (2) Identify parental, promotion, partner, and administration factors related to the dissemination, implementation, institutionalization and health outcomes of a web-based version of the Checkpoints Program; (3) Measure the additive effects of sequentially implemented promotional phases on the dissemination, implementation, institutionalization, and health outcomes of a web-based version of the Checkpoints Program; and (4) Measure the feasibility and sustainability of the promotional plan and Checkpoints website in terms of the economic costs associated with dissemination, implementation, institutionalization and health outcomes.