Effectiveness of ignition interlocks for preventing alcohol-impaired driving and alcohol-related crashes: a Community Guide systematic review

RW Elder, R Voas, D Beirness, RA Shults… - American journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
A systematic review of the literature to assess the effectiveness of ignition interlocks for
reducing alcohol-impaired driving and alcohol-related crashes was conducted for the Guide to …

[PDF][PDF] Alcohol and health in Canada: a summary of evidence and guidelines for low-risk drinking

P Butt, D Beirness, L Gliksman, C Paradis… - Ottawa, ON: Canadian …, 2011 - prod.ccsa.ca
This document is intended for health professionals, policymakers, communication experts
and members of the public who may wish to be informed about low-risk use of alcohol, …

A meta-analytic review of school-based prevention for cannabis use

…, E Beasley, DJ Beirness - Health Education & …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
This investigation used meta-analytic techniques to evaluate the effectiveness of school-based
prevention programming in reducing cannabis use among youth aged 12 to 19. It …

Coronavirus disease 2019: What could be the effects on Road safety?

E Vingilis, D Beirness, P Boase, P Byrne… - Accident Analysis & …, 2020 - Elsevier
In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a world-wide pandemic.
Countries introduced public health measures to contain and reduce its spread. These …

The Alberta Interlock Program: The evaluation of a province‐wide program on DUI recidivism

RB Voas, PR Marques, AS Tippetts, DJ Beirness - Addiction, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Aims. This study was designed to determine the efficacy of alcohol safety interlocks in reducing
recidivism among first and second driving‐under‐the‐influence (DUI) offenders. It also …

The basis for Canada's new low‐risk drinking guidelines: a relative risk approach to estimating hazardous levels and patterns of alcohol use

TIM Stockwell, P Butt, D Beirness… - Drug and alcohol …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Issue. Low‐risk drinking guidelines have been developed independently in a number of
jurisdictions resulting in different sets of advice with different definitions of ‘low risk’. This paper …

Youth, alcohol and relative risk of crash involvement

DR Mayhew, AC Donelson, DJ Beirness… - Accident Analysis & …, 1986 - Elsevier
Deaths and injuries due to road-crash involvement are a major health and safety problem,
especially among youth. Numerous factors can account for the overrepresentation of young …

Do we really drive as we live? The role of personality factors in road crashes.

DJ Beirness - Alcohol, Drugs & Driving, 1993 - psycnet.apa.org
Examines the scientific evidence pertaining to the role of personality factors in driving
behavior (DB) and crash involvement (CI) in an attempt to relate driving style to lifestyle. The …

[HTML][HTML] Estimating the harms and costs of cannabis-attributable collisions in the Canadian provinces

A Wettlaufer, RO Florica, M Asbridge, D Beirness… - Drug and Alcohol …, 2017 - Elsevier
Introduction In 2012, 10% of Canadians used cannabis and just under half of those who use
cannabis were estimated to have driven under the influence of cannabis. Substantial …

Self-estimates of blood alcohol concentration in drinking-driving context

DJ Beirness - Drug and alcohol dependence, 1987 - Elsevier
A total of 72 social drinkers between the ages of 20 and 57 years participated in an ad lib
social drinking session. At various intervals throughout the session participants provided …