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Author:  Louis Wittig.


Source: Volume 09, Number 01, Winter 2005 , pp.7-12(6)




Impaired Driving Update

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Abstract: 

Articles from various journals addressing the relationship between drunk driving in adolescents and behavior like drug or cigarette use, poor vision in older drivers, alcohol use in relation to road rage, a look at how athletic status correlates with drinking, child car safety practices, traffic safety systems, different views of designated driviers, the efficacy of brief hospital interventions, and the assumptions about drunk drivers that are under public policy: “Associations Between Adolescent Drinking and Driving Involvement and Self- Reported Risk and Protective Factors in Students in Public Schools in Washington State” by Jennifer C. Sabel, Ph.D., Lillian S. Bensley, Ph.D., and Juliet Van Eenwyk, Ph.D. 65 (2) J. Stud. Alcohol 213 (March 2004); “Driver and Traffic Safety in Older Adults: The Visually Impaired Driver” by Susan Henderson, MS, CDRS, COTA 20 (3) Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation 173 (July/Sept. 2004); “Alcohol Consumption and Problems Among Road Rage Victims and Perpetrators” by Robert E. Mann, Ph.D., Reginald G. Smart, Ph.D., Gina Stoduto, M.Ed., Edward M. Adlaf, Ph.D., and Anca Ialomiteanu, M.A. 65 (2) J. Stud. Alcohol 161 (Mar. 2004); “Athletic Status and Drinking Behavior in College Students: The Influence of Gender and Coping Styles” by Gregory S. Wilson, PED, Mary E. Pritchard, Ph.D., and Jamie Schaffer 52 (6) J. Am. Coll. Health 269 (May/June 2004); “Recent Trends in Child Restraint Practices in the United States” by Flaura K. Winston, MD, Ph.D., et al. 113 (5) Pediatrics 458 (May 2004); “Driving Lessons” by Dr. Will Murray and Andy Cuerden 22 (5) The Safety & Health Practitioner 48 (May 2004); “Desire and Sacrifice: Seeking Compliance in Designated Driver Talk” by Kathleen S. Valde and Kristine L. Fitch 68 (2) Western J. Comm. 121 (Spring 2004); “Effectiveness of Opportunistic Brief Interventions for Problem Drinking in a General Hospital Setting: Systematic Review” by Maria J. Emmen, Gerard M. Schippers, Gijs Bleijenberg, and Hub Wollersheim 328 (7) British Med. J. 318 (Feb. 2004); “Drinking-and-Driving in America: A Test of Behavioral Assumptions Underlying Public Policy” by David J. Houston and Lilliard E. Richardson, Jr. 57 (1) Political Research Q. 53 (Mar. 2004);

Keywords: J. Stud. Alcohol; Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation; J. Am. Coll. Health; Pediatrics; The Safety & Health Practitioner; Western J. Comm.; British Med. J.; Political Research;

Affiliations:  1: Highway Safety Advocate.

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