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Increasing the safety of children's vehicle travel: From effective risk communication to behavior change by Will, Kelli England, Geller, E.Scott

“…Introduction: When installed and used correctly, child safety seats reduce the risk of fatal injury by 71% for infants and 54% for toddlers. However, four out…”
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Evaluation of a participative education process for increasing tween restraint use in Virginia: The Make it Click initiative by Will, Kelli England, Dunaway, Krystall E.

“…•Make it Click is a school-based program promoting 8–12year-old (tween) car safety.•Multi-component program engaged tweens using principles of behavioral…”
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The impact of adolescent exposure to medical marijuana laws on high school completion, college enrollment and college degree completion by Plunk, Andrew D, Agrawal, Arpana, Harrell, Paul T, Tate, William F, Will, Kelli England, Mellor, Jennifer M, Grucza, Richard A

“…Highlights • We measured the impact of high school age exposure to medical marijuana laws (MMLs). • MMLs were associated with decreased high school and college…”
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How Should We Ethically Justify Alcohol Warning Labels? Thinking More Broadly About Risk, Benefit, and Efficacy by Plunk, Andrew D., Will, Kelli England

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Examining the relative effectiveness of different message framing strategies for child passenger safety: Recommendations for increased comprehension and compliance by Will, Kelli England, Decina, Lawrence E., Maple, Erin L., Perkins, Amy M.

“…•Four child passenger safety flyers using different emphasis frames were compared.•Flyer frames emphasized seat types, premature graduation, risk reduction, or…”
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Child passenger safety and the immunity fallacy: Why what we are doing is not working by Will, Kelli England

“…Motivating parents to take certain safety precautions when traveling with their children remains an elusive challenge for advocates, as caregiver naiveté…”
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Reinforcing Alcohol Prevention (RAP) Program: A Secondary School Curriculum to Combat Underage Drinking and Impaired Driving by Will, Kelli England, Sabo, Cynthia Shier

“…The Reinforcing Alcohol Prevention (RAP) Program is an alcohol prevention curriculum developed in partnership with secondary schools to serve their need for a…”
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Tweens at risk: Examining car safety practices in four economically disadvantaged urban elementary schools in Virginia by Will, Kelli England, Dunaway, Krystall E., Lorek, Edward J.

“…Children aged 8- to 12-years-old (“tweens”) are at high risk for crash injury, and motor vehicle crashes are their leading cause of death. Data are presented…”
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Evaluation of the Boost ‘ em in the Back Seat Program: Using fear and efficacy to increase booster seat use by Will, Kelli England, Sabo, Cynthia Shier, Porter, Bryan E.

“…Recent research supports the use of high-threat messages when they are targeted appropriately and designed to promote high efficacy as well as fear. This…”
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Measuring injury risk perceptions: feasibility of a Risk Estimation Scale by Will, Kelli England, Lorek, Edward J, Sabo, Cynthia Shier, Kidd, David G

“…To develop a scale for measuring parental perceptions of childhood injury risk. The Worry Assessment and Risk Estimation (WARE) Scale was administered to 256…”
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Targeting Underage Drinking and Driving in Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts: The Reinforcing Alcohol Prevention (RAP) Program by Will, Kelli England, Sabo, Cynthia Shier

“…ABSTRACT Alcohol use is a concern among our nation's least experienced drivers, and underage drinking contributes to the overall burden of traffic injury and…”
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Challenges and Opportunities for Promoting Booster Seat Use: Progressive Dissemination of a High-Threat Message by Will, Kelli England, Dunaway, Krystall E., Kokorelis, Diane A., Sabo, Cynthia Shier, Lorek, Edward J.

“…Motivating parents to take certain safety precautions when traveling with their children remains challenging for advocates. Caregivers of booster-aged children…”
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Is Television a Health and Safety Hazard? A Cross-Sectional Analysis of At-Risk Behavior on Primetime Television by Will, Kelli England, Geller, E. Scott, Porter, Bryan E., DePasquale, Jason P.

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Is Television a Health and Safety Hazard? A Cross‐Sectional Analysis of At‐Risk Behavior on Primetime Television1 by Will, Kelli England, Geller, E. Scott, Porter, Bryan E., DePasquale, Jason P.

“…Twenty‐four top‐rated primetime television shows were observed weekly during 1997 and 1998 (242 episodes). The study examined behaviors of vehicle occupants;…”
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Evaluating an Actively Caring for KIDS Process: A behavioral -community program to reduce child safety -seat misinformation and misuse by Will, Kelli England

“…The “Actively Caring for KIDS Process,” a multi-component program that taught retail store sales associates to act as behavior-change agents for child…”
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