This is the introduction to this issue of the Health Education Quarterly which presents articles embodying a broad array of health promotion approaches to the problem of impaired driving. The articles in this issues (see ST 951834 fo - ST 951840 fo, B 30279 fo and ST 930293 fo) discuss the epidemiology of the problem of alcohol-impaired driving using the fatal crash data of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and self-report/behavioural risk factor data of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Psychological theory of attribution of responsibility for alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes is explored in one article. Situational factors increasing risk for DWI among youth are discussed based on research within the transportation sector. (Author/publisher)
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