What we've been up to
Preventing Distracted Driving in Iowa: Hands-Free Laws
Monday, October 28, 2024
The Injury Prevention Research Center and TRIPS Lab partnered to published a policy brief on distracted driving and hands-free driving laws in Iowa and across the United States. Current Iowa law allows the use of handheld phones for making calls and navigation (using GPS) but bans texting while driving. 30 states and D.C. have hands-free laws.
Technology as a Problem and Potential Solution in Teen Driving Safety
Friday, October 25, 2024
Motor vehilce crashes continue to be the leading cause of death among adolescents in the U.S. In a JAMA Network Commentay, Dr. Cara Hamann and Dr. Jingzhen Yang discuss how electronic communications devices pose problems, but also potential solutions, in the arena of teen driving safety.
SCOPE - Summer School on Violence and Injury Prevention
Thursday, August 8, 2024
In mid-June, TRIPS Lab members gathered with students and scholars from across the globe in Cluj-Napoca, Romania for a 6-day course on the design, implementation, and evaluation of intervention programs specific to violence and injury prevention and control. The SCOPE Program consisted of 20 students, 11 instructors, and other participants representing 8 countries.