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Title:
Promoting Safe Mobility Among Elders by Increasing Awareness of Vehicle Modifications
Executive Summary
Finding Features Shown in the Video, "Keep
Moving Longer: Features for Safe Driving"
More Help for Finding Features
DVD Ordering Information
Brief Description:
This research tested whether modeling (a powerful tool for behavioral change) in the form of a video could
increase awareness and encourage utilization of vehicle modifications among drivers age 70 and older. It
also looked at what steps the participants had taken since viewing the video toward using the demonstrated
features, all of which were low-tech and most of which were low-cost. Information was also collected on
the participants' driving histories, concerns about driving, and personal driving restrictions.
The 22-minute video, entitled "Keeping Moving Longer: Features for Safe Driving," was completed in March
2004. The following Councils on Aging participated as research sites by recruiting drivers age 70 and
older to view the video during March through May 2004: Woburn, Sharon, Milton, Norwood, Millis, Bedford,
and Pembroke. The study was completed in January 2005.
Funding:
Charles H. Farnsworth Trust
Principal Investigators:
Nina M. Silverstein and Elizabeth Van Ranst
Contact:
nina.silverstein@umb.edu
Ordering Information:
Keep Moving Longer: Features for Safe Driving DVD is available from the Gerontology Institute:
$6 single copies
$4 per copy for two to ten copies
Contact us for information costs of more than 10 copies.
Checks payable to "Gerontology Institute"
University of Massachusetts Boston
Gerontology Institute/Keep Moving Longer DVD
100 Morrissey Blvd.
Boston, MA 02125
E-mail: gerontology@umb.edu
Tel: (617) 287-7300
Fax: (617) 287-7080
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