2014
Female Drivers Increasingly Involved in Impaired Driving Crashes: Actions to Ameliorate the Risk
Vaca FE, Romano E, Fell JC. Female Drivers Increasingly Involved in Impaired Driving Crashes: Actions to Ameliorate the Risk. Academic Emergency Medicine 2014, 21: 1485-1492. PMID: 25491711, DOI: 10.1111/acem.12542.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlunt trauma casesMotor vehicle crashesCrash-related injuriesTrauma casesEmergency physiciansAlcohol-impaired driving crashesVehicle crashesAlcohol-impaired drivingDriving crashesConsiderable proportionEvolving roleUnfavorable trendsPatientsImpaired driving crashesInjuryPhysiciansCareFemale driversWomen
2011
Crash 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