Abstract Background Road Traffic injuries (RTI) are among the top ten leading causes of
death in the world resulting in 1.35 million deaths every year, about 93% of which occur in …

To date, 19 states have passed medical marijuana laws, yet very little is known about their
effects. The current study examines the relationship between the legalization of medical …

Abstract Difference-in-differences (DiD) estimators provide unbiased treatment effect
estimates when, in the absence of treatment, the average outcomes for the treated and …

Risky health behaviors such as smoking, drinking alcohol, drug use, unprotected sex, and
poor diets and sedentary lifestyles (leading to obesity) are a major source of preventable …

Rollover crash is one of the major types of traffic crashes that induce fatal injuries. It is
important to investigate the factors that affect rollover crashes and their influence on driver …

“A grave problem that developed in New Hampshire… now has all the motor-vehicle
commissioners of the eastern states in a wax. It's whether radios should be allowed on cars …

Background Previous literature has asserted that family meals are a key protective factor for
certain adolescent risk behaviors. It is suggested that the frequency of eating with the family …

This paper examines the relationship between the minimum high school dropout age and
juvenile arrest rates by exploiting state-level variation in dropout age laws. County-level …

Background Several countries in sub-Saharan Africa have recently adopted policies that
remove user fees for facility-based delivery services. There is little rigorous evidence of the …

We argue that, from the point of view public health ethics, vaccination is significantly
analogous to seat belt use in motor vehicles and that coercive vaccination policies are …