Active prompting to decrease cell phone use and increase seat belt use while driving

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 341-349

  Clayton, Michael ^a,c   Helms, Bridgett ^a   Simpson, Cathy ^b  

^a JACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Health Services Center Inc   (United States)

^c YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active prompting; Behavioral safety; Cell phones; Flash for life; Seat belts

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CAR DRIVING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MOBILE PHONE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SEATBELT; STATISTICS; TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CELLULAR PHONE; CUES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; SEAT BELTS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748927337     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2006.153-04     Document Type: Article

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