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| Mildred M Maldonado-MolinaSummaryAffiliation: University of Florida Country: USA Publications
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Effects of alcohol taxes on alcohol-related mortality in Florida: time-series analyses from 1969 to 2004Mildred M Maldonado-Molina
Department of Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, University of Florida, College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 34:1915-21. 2010..Yet, relatively few studies have examined effects of alcohol taxes on alcohol-related mortality. We evaluated effects of multiple changes in alcohol tax rates in the state of Florida from 1969 to 2004 on disease (not injury) mortality...- Effects of alcohol on trajectories of physical aggression among urban youth: an application of latent trajectory modelingMildred M Maldonado-Molina
College of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Health Policy Research and Institute for Child Health Policy, University of Florida, 1329 SW 16th Street, Gainesville, FL 32610 0177, USA
J Youth Adolesc 39:1012-26. 2010..Black youth were 2.5 times more likely to be in the "Chronic Aggressive" group. Findings highlight the importance of targeting alcohol prevention to reduce physical aggression among urban young adolescents... 
Effects of beverage-specific alcohol consumption on drinking behaviors among urban youthMildred M Maldonado-Molina
University of Florida, College of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Health Policy Research and Institute for Child Health Policy, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
J Drug Educ 40:265-80. 2010..29). Use of hard liquor was associated with increased risk of alcohol-related consequences. Early selection of certain alcoholic beverages (e.g., hard liquor) may result in negative health outcomes and problematic alcohol use over time...- The role of parental alcohol consumption on driving under the influence of alcohol: results from a longitudinal, nationally representative sampleMildred M Maldonado-Molina
University of Florida, College of Medicine, Department of Health Outcomes and Policy and Institute for Child Health Policy, Gainesville, FL 32610 0177, USA
Accid Anal Prev 43:2182-7. 2011..The current study uses data from a longitudinal study to examine the role of parental alcohol use during adolescence on the risk for DUI among young adult men and women... - Drinking and driving among immigrant and US-born Hispanic young adults: results from a longitudinal and nationally representative studyMildred M Maldonado-Molina
University of Florida, Department of Health Outcomes and Policy, Gainesville, FL 32610 0177, USA
Addict Behav 36:381-8. 2011..Specifically, this study tests the effect of demographic variables, individual-level risk factors, and eco-processes (e.g., peer drug use, parental involvement) during adolescence on DUI among Hispanic young adults... - Racial/ethnic differences in trajectories of aggression in a longitudinal sample of high-risk, urban youthJennifer M Reingle
Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
J Adolesc Health 51:45-52. 2012..To estimate trajectories of aggression among African Americans and Hispanics using a longitudinal sample of urban adolescents, and test multiple domains of risk factors to differentiate profiles of aggression... - Relationship between neighborhood context, family management practices and alcohol use among urban, multi-ethnic, young adolescentsAmy L Tobler
Department of Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, College of Medicine, Institute for Child Health Policy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610 0177, USA
Prev Sci 10:313-24. 2009..Parent engagement in restricting alcohol access and improving family management practices may be key to preventive efforts to reduce alcohol use... - Effects of home access and availability of alcohol on young adolescents' alcohol useKelli A Komro
University of Florida, College of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Health Policy Research and Institute for Child Health Policy, Gainesville, FL 32610 0177, USA
Addiction 102:1597-608. 2007..The purpose of the present study was to examine the effects of parental provision of alcohol and home alcohol accessibility on the trajectories of young adolescent alcohol use and intentions... - Association between sex partner meeting venues and sexual risk taking among urban adolescentsStephanie A S Staras
Department of Health Outcomes and Policy, College of Medicine, and the Institute for Child Health Policy, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA
J Adolesc Health 51:566-71. 2012..To increase understanding of the association between sexual partner meeting venue types (school, through friends or family, organized groups, public places, or on the street) and sexual risk taking among urban youths... - General deterrence effects of U.S. statutory DUI fine and jail penalties: long-term follow-up in 32 statesAlexander C Wagenaar
University of Florida, College of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Health Policy Research and Institute for Child Health Policy, 1329 SW 16th St Rm 5130, Box 100177, Gainesville, FL 32610 0177, USA
Accid Anal Prev 39:982-94. 2007..We examined effects of state statutory changes in DUI fine or jail penalties for firsttime offenders from 1976 to 2002... - Real longitudinal data analysis for real people: building a good enough mixed modelJing Cheng
Division of Biostatistics, Department of Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, University of Florida College of Medicine, FL, USA
Stat Med 29:504-20. 2010..The discussion also highlights the need for improving how scientists and statisticians teach and review the process of finding a good enough mixed model... 
The relationship between marijuana use and intimate partner violence in a nationally representative, longitudinal sampleJennifer M Reingle
College of Medicine, Department of Health Outcomes and Policy and Institute for Child Health Policy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610 0177, USA
J Interpers Violence 27:1562-78. 2012..These findings have implications for intimate partner violence prevention efforts, as marijuana use should be considered as a target of early intimate partner violence intervention and treatment programming...- Effects of alcohol taxes on alcohol-related disease mortality in New York State from 1969 to 2006Chris Delcher
University of Florida, College of Medicine, Department of Health Outcomes and Policy and Institute for Child Health Policy, Gainesville 32610 0177, USA
Addict Behav 37:783-9. 2012.... - Patterns of substance use onset among Hispanics in Puerto Rico and the United StatesMildred M Maldonado-Molina
University of Florida, College of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, 1329 SW 16th St, Room 5130, Box 100177, Gainesville, FL 32610 0177, USA
Addict Behav 32:2432-7. 2007..Examine patterns of progression in substance use among Hispanic youth 13 to 17 years of age from two longitudinally representative studies... - Prospective association between dieting and smoking initiation among adolescentsMildred M Maldonado-Molina
University of Florida, College of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Health Policy Research and Institute for Child Health Policy, Gainesville, Florida 32610 0177, USA
Am J Health Promot 22:25-32. 2007..To examine the relation between dieting and smoking initiation among adolescents... - Effects of drivers' license suspension policies on alcohol-related crash involvement: long-term follow-up in forty-six statesAlexander C Wagenaar
Department of Epidemiology and Health Policy Research and Institute for Child Health Policy, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610 0177, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 31:1399-406. 2007..State-specific results were combined using meta-analytic techniques, and provide a direct test of the concept of celerity--time between offending behavior and consequent punishment--from deterrence theory... - Effects of legal BAC limits on fatal crash involvement: analyses of 28 states from 1976 through 2002Alexander C Wagenaar
University of Florida, College of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Health Policy Research and Institute for Child Health Policy, 1329 SW 16th St Rm 5130, Box 100177, Gainesville, FL 32610 0177 USA
J Safety Res 38:493-9. 2007..One approach has been to lower the legally allowable alcohol concentration for drivers. We examined the effects of changes in legal BAC limit in 28 U.S. states from January, 1976 to December, 2002... - Effects of alcohol use initiation patterns on high-risk behaviors among urban, low-income, young adolescentsKelli A Komro
Department of Epidemiology and Health Policy Research and Institute for Child Health Policy, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL 32610 0177, USA
Prev Sci 11:14-23. 2010.... - Commentary on Caetano, Mills, and Vaeth (2012): the role of context on alcohol consumption among Mexican AmericansMildred M Maldonado-Molina
Department of Health Outcomes and Policy, Institute for Child Health Policy, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 36:566-7. 2012..S.-Mexico border and non-border Mexican Americans using data from the Hispanic Americans Baseline Alcohol Survey... - Riskier sexual partners contribute to the increased rate of sexually transmitted diseases among youth with substance use disordersStephanie A S Staras
Department of Health Outcomes and Policy, and the Institute for Child Health Policy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
Sex Transm Dis 38:413-8. 2011..Sexual partner characteristics may explain the relationship between SUD and STD... - Effects of alcohol tax increases on alcohol-related disease mortality in Alaska: time-series analyses from 1976 to 2004Alexander C Wagenaar
Department of Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610 0177, USA
Am J Public Health 99:1464-70. 2009..We evaluated the effects of tax increases on alcoholic beverages in 1983 and 2002 on alcohol-related disease mortality in Alaska... - Early adolescent, multi-ethnic, urban youth's exposure to patterns of alcohol-related neighborhood characteristicsAmy L Tobler
Department of Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, College of Medicine, University of Florida, 1329 SW 16th Street, Rm 5130, P O Box 100177, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
J Community Health 34:361-9. 2009..Understanding the nuances among communities may lend to development of more efficacious preventive interventions and policy initiatives, inform theory, and help prioritize limited resources... - Toward an understanding of risk and protective factors for violence among adolescent boys and men: a longitudinal analysisJennifer M Reingle
Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health and Health Professions, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
J Adolesc Health 52:493-8. 2013..To understand the etiology of violence among ethnically diverse men using a nationally representative and longitudinal sample of youth... - Driving after drinking among young adults of different race/ethnicities in the United States: unique risk factors in early adolescence?Chris Delcher
Department of Health Outcomes and Policy, Institute for Child Health Policy, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida Electronic address
J Adolesc Health 52:584-91. 2013..The purpose of this study was to identify the contextual risk and protective factors in high school-aged adolescents associated with future driving after drinking (Drinking Under the Influence [DUI] at age 21) by race/ethnicity...