2021
Associations of mental health with driving while impaired and risky driving in emerging adults
Li K, Vaca FE, Courtney JB, Haynie DL, Simons-Morton BG. Associations of mental health with driving while impaired and risky driving in emerging adults. Traffic Injury Prevention 2021, 22: 114-119. PMID: 33497268, PMCID: PMC8428797, DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2020.1852225.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Coupling neuroscience and driving simulation: A systematic review of studies on crash-risk behaviors in young drivers
Banz BC, Hersey D, Vaca FE. Coupling neuroscience and driving simulation: A systematic review of studies on crash-risk behaviors in young drivers. Traffic Injury Prevention 2020, 22: 90-95. PMID: 33320014, DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2020.1847283.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAccidents, TrafficAdolescentAutomobile DrivingComputer SimulationHumansNeurosciencesRisk-TakingYoung AdultConceptsNeuroscience methodsYoung driversFunctional magnetic resonance imagingYoung adult driversRisky driving behaviorsAlcohol-impaired drivingVisual distractorsCognitive loadBrain mechanismsBrain correlatesDistracted drivingAdult driversDriving simulatorDriving behaviorMotor vehicle crashesYoung adultsIndividual variabilityDrowsy/Brain dataNeuroscienceVehicle crashesDrivingSystematic reviewMost researchFatal motor vehicle crashes
2019
The influence of behavioural and socioeconomic factors on the community injury rates of adolescents assessed by the south Korean emergency medical services: an ecological approach
Ahn KO, Kim J, Shin SD, Park H, Vaca FE, Park JO. The influence of behavioural and socioeconomic factors on the community injury rates of adolescents assessed by the south Korean emergency medical services: an ecological approach. BMC Public Health 2019, 19: 830. PMID: 31242881, PMCID: PMC6595560, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-019-7190-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdolescent BehaviorAlcohol DrinkingBullyingEmergency Medical ServicesFemaleHumansIncidenceMalePeer GroupRepublic of KoreaResidence CharacteristicsRisk FactorsRisk-TakingRural PopulationSchoolsSex FactorsSocial ClassSocial EnvironmentSocioeconomic FactorsSurveys and QuestionnairesUrban PopulationViolenceWounds and InjuriesConceptsNeighborhood socioeconomic statusIncidence rateRisk behaviorsSchool injuriesSocioeconomic statusKorea Youth Risk Behavior SurveyConclusionThe incidence rateRegional incidence ratesCurrent alcohol consumptionEmergency medical servicesNumber of injuriesEMS recordsInjury incidenceInjury preventionYouth Risk Behavior SurveyAlcohol consumptionInjury ratesKorea Census DataInjuryRisk Behavior SurveyInjury contextSES factorsHigher educational attainmentMedical servicesSocioeconomic factors
2016
Covariability in three dimensions of teenage driving risk behavior: impaired driving, risky and unsafe driving behavior, and secondary task engagement
Simons-Morton B, Li K, Ehsani J, Vaca FE. Covariability in three dimensions of teenage driving risk behavior: impaired driving, risky and unsafe driving behavior, and secondary task engagement. Traffic Injury Prevention 2016, 17: 441-446. PMID: 26514232, PMCID: PMC4851597, DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2015.1107183.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2012
Contextualizing exposures and experiences of behaviors that influence the risk of crash injury in latino adolescent males.
Vaca FE, Trevino S, Riera A, Meyer E, Anderson CL. Contextualizing exposures and experiences of behaviors that influence the risk of crash injury in latino adolescent males. AAAM Annual Conference 2012, 56: 79-86. PMID: 23169119, PMCID: PMC3503408.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2011
Helmet use in Connecticut motorcycle crashes: a state without a universal helmet law.
Landman AB, Phipps MS, Jawin K, Bolton L, Van Gelder CM, Kamin R, Teel B, Vaca FE. Helmet use in Connecticut motorcycle crashes: a state without a universal helmet law. Connecticut Medicine 2011, 75: 261-8. PMID: 21678837.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCrash injury risk behavior in adolescent latino males: the power of friends and relational connections.
Vaca FE, Anderson CL. Crash injury risk behavior in adolescent latino males: the power of friends and relational connections. AAAM Annual Conference 2011, 55: 41-50. PMID: 22105382, PMCID: PMC3232044.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInjury-risk behaviorsRisk behaviorsWave IMotor vehicle crash fatalitiesMortality burdenMortality profilePrevention strategiesParent connectednessVulnerable populationsPrevention effectNational Longitudinal StudyLongitudinal studyAdolescent HealthLongitudinal analysisWave IIConsiderable proportionLatino malesMalesFriends' influenceCrash fatalitiesStudy goalSchool connectednessBest predictorDemographic groupsLinear regression
2010
Alcohol involvement among young female drivers in US fatal crashes: unfavourable trends
Tsai VW, Anderson CL, Vaca FE. Alcohol involvement among young female drivers in US fatal crashes: unfavourable trends. Injury Prevention 2010, 16: 17. PMID: 20179030, DOI: 10.1136/ip.2009.022301.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlcohol-involved fatal crashesBlood alcohol concentrationRestraint useFatal Analysis Reporting SystemAge groupsHigh blood alcohol concentrationsPositive blood alcohol concentrationSafety restraint useYoung female driversYoung menWomen ages 19Fatal crashesFatal alcohol-related crashesAlcohol-related fatal crashesAlcohol-related crashesBAC groupBlood alcoholYoung womenStudy periodAge 19Rate of involvementFemale driversWomenAlcohol involvementFatal crash rates