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Christine Jackson

Public Health Analyst

Christine Jackson, PhD, has more than 20 years of professional experience in community-based health promotion research and evaluation projects. Dr. Jackson's research interests include developing and evaluating parenting strategies for preventing child health risk outcomes, effects of child and adolescent media use practices on health risk outcomes, and application of health communication theory to improve the effectiveness of health promotion interventions. Her research in home-based interventions includes studies on tobacco and alcohol use, obesity, and family mass media practices. She has been principal investigator on grants from the National Institutes of Health, including grants from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Cancer Institute, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Dr. Jackson's research has been published in peer-reviewed journals including the American Journal of Public Health, Journal of Studies on Alcohol, Tobacco Control, and Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.

Education

PhD, School of Social Ecology, University of California at Irvine; MA, School of Social Ecology, University of California at Irvine; BA, Psychology, San Diego State University.

Publications

Attributes that Differentiate Children Who Sip Alcohol from Abstinent Peers — Journal of Youth and Adolescence
Jackson, C., Ennett, S.T., Dickinson, D.M., & Bowling, J.M. (Dec 2012)
Letting children sip: Understanding why parents allow alcohol use by elementary school–aged children — Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
Jackson, C., Ennett, S.T., Dickinson, D.M., & Bowling, J.M. (Nov 2012)
Promoting calls to a quitline: Quantifying the influence of message theme, strong negative emotions and graphic images in television advertisements — Tobacco Control
Farrelly, M.C., Davis, K.C., Nonnemaker, J.M., Kamyab, K., & Jackson, C. (Jul 2011)
Anti-smoking parenting practices: Recall by and effect on children's risk of smoking after 3 years — International Journal of Public Health
Jackson, C., & Dickinson, D.M. (Jun 2011)
Efficacy of smoking prevention program 'Smoke-free Kids': study protocol of a randomized controlled trial — Biomed Central Public Health
Hiemstra, M., Ringlever, L., Otten, R., Jackson, C., van Schayck, O.C.P., & Engels, R.C.M.E. (Dec 2009)
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