Date of this Version From mid-1997 until 2001, the Hawaii
chapter of Mothers Against Drunk-Driving conducted high-school
presentations featuring a presentation from a victim of a drink-
driver. The effectiveness of this intervention was assessed by
examining responses of a sample of over 4,200 high school
students completing a questionnaire assessing prior awareness
and knowledge of the problem of drunk-driving, and consequent
impact and behavioural intentions. The results reveal that an
encouragingly high percentage of students (93%) reported
intending not to drink and drive in an unprompted measure, and
that high percentages (75%+) reported an intention to change a
number of specific, prompted behaviours (eg, ‘never drink and
drive’, ‘stop others drunk-driving’, ‘designate a driver’, etc.
) In addition, statistics from the State of Hawaii provide some
encouraging evidence to suggest that the school-based
communications undertaken by victims of drunk-driving were
effective in also changing actual behaviour.