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Dr. Mark Wolfson
Professor, Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine


Born:
1953 New York, New York, USA
Career:
2006-2010 Section Head, Section on Society and Health, Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
1998- Director, Center for Community Research, Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
1998-2008 Associate Professor, Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
1991 1997 Assistant Professor, Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota
1990 Post Doctoral Fellow, Alcohol Research Group, School of Public Health University of California at Berkeley
1988 1989 Post Doctoral Fellow, Organizations Research Training Program, Department of Sociology, Stanford University
1985 1987 Research Assistant, Project on the Citizens' Movement Against Drunken Driving (NSF funded study) The Life Cycle Institute, Catholic University
1982 1983 Research Assistant, Center for the Study of Youth Development, Catholic University
1980 1982 Juvenile Justice Specialist, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency, Prevention, Washington DC
1977 1980 Program Assistant, Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, Washington DC and Chicago, IL
Education:
1990 Post Doctoral, Alcohol Research Group, School of Public Health, University of California at Berkeley
1988-89 Post Doctoral, Organizations Research Training, Program Department of Sociology, Stanford University
1988 Ph.D. Sociology, Catholic University
1985 M.A. Applied Social Research/Sociology, Catholic University
1977 B.A. Anthropology, Indiana University
Experience and research:
Current Grants and Contracts
Principal Investigator, “Smokeless Tobacco Use in College Students,” National Cancer Institute, 9/9 to 8/14. $2,930,117.
Principal Investigator, “Measuring Student Exposure to ETS and College Receptivity to Environmental Change,” National Cancer Institute, 12/07 to 12/10. $357,038. (ARRA supplement, 6/9-7/9, $13,225).
Principal Investigator/Executive Director, “Community Capacity for Substance Abuse Prevention Coalitions,” North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, 2/08 to 6/11. $800,000.
Co-Investigator (K.L. Foley, PI), “Increasing Capacity for Tobacco Research in Hungary,” National Institutes of Health/Fogarty International Center, 9/07 to 8/12. $1,743, 592.
Co-Investigator (B. Reboussin, PI), “Clustering of Underage Alcohol use in Communities and its Contextual Influences,” National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 9/07 to 8/11. $582,725.
Principal Investigator, “Study to Prevent Alcohol Related Consequences II,” National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 9/07 to 7/11. $2,618,663
Past Grants and Contracts
Principal Investigator, “National Evaluation of the Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Program: A Randomized Community Trial,” Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 10/03 to 6/10. $4,082,742.
Co-Investigator, “A Qualitative Examination of Non-Daily Smokers: Implications for Tobacco Control (Inter-Institutional Pilot Project),”Comprehensive Cancer Center at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Hollings Cancer Center at the Medical University of South Carolina, 9/07 to 2/09.
Co-Investigator, “HIV Among Rural Latino Gay Men and MSM in the Southeast,” National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 8/06 to 7/08.
Co-Investigator, “Rapid Responses to Problem Drinking on College Campuses,” National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 9/03 to 07/08.
Co-Sponsor (Mentor for PI of Career Development Award), “Drug Involvement in Context: Quantitative Perspectives,” National Institute on Drug Abuse, 5/03 to 04/08.
Principal Investigator, “National Evaluation of Free to Grow: Head Start Partnerships to Promote Substance-free Communities,” Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 4/01 to 5/08.
Co-Investigator, “Tobacco Farmers and Tobacco Control II,” National Cancer Institute, 7/02 to 6/06.
Principal Investigator, “Evaluation of Promising Practices in the Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Program,” U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 10/00 to 4/02.
Co-Principal Investigator, “Provision of Alcohol by College Students to their Peers,” Wake Forest University Cross-Campus Collaborative Research Fund, 7/99 to 6/00.
Co-Investigator, “Evaluation of the State of North Carolina’s Multi-media Campaign to
Encourage Parents to Talk to their Children about Sex,” North Carolina Department of Health
and Human Services, 7/99 - 6/00.
Co-Principal Investigator, “Enforcement of Tobacco Age-of-Sale Laws in Cities with Large African-American or Hispanic Populations,” Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 1/99 to 12/00.
Co-Principal Investigator, “Evaluation of the National Spit Tobacco Education Program,” Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 1/99 to 6/99.
Principal Investigator, “Evaluation of the Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Program,” U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 10/98 to 9/00.
Principal Investigator, “Enforcement of Tobacco Age-of-Sale Laws-II,” Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 1/99 to 12/00.
Principal Investigator, “Community Services Research Group Project,” Community Services Research Group, Inc., 1/98 to 12/99.
Principal Investigator, “Enforcement of Laws Regulating Youth Access to Tobacco,” Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2/96 to 4/98.
Principal Investigator, “Nonprofit Advocacy Organizations and the State: Tobacco Control in the United States,” The Aspen Institute, 1/96 to 6/97.
Co Investigator, “Community Initiative to Limit Teenage Access to Tobacco,” National Cancer Institute, 10/92 to 9/97.
Co Investigator, “Reducing Youth Access to Alcohol: A Randomized Community Trial,” National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 10/91 to 6/97.
Principal Investigator, “Social Movements and Public Health: Tobacco Control in Minnesota,” University of Minnesota Graduate School, 7/91 to 6/93.
Principal Investigator, “Individual Involvement in Organized Tobacco Control Efforts,” National Institutes of Health (Biomedical Research Support Grant), 7/91 to 5/93.
Co Principal Investigator, “Enforcement of the Legal Minimum Drinking Age,” National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 6/91 to 12/92.
Co Investigator, “Community Wide Program to Prevent Adolescent Alcohol Abuse,” National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 10/90 to 9/95.
Languages:
English;
Spanish (read only);
Recent publications:
Books
Wolfson M. The Fight Against Big Tobacco: The Movement, the State, and the Public’s Health. Hawthorne, NY: Aldine de Gruyter, 2001.
Book Chapters and Reviews
Wolfson M and Parries M. “The Institutionalization of Community Action in Public Health.” Pp. 117-127 in Jane Banaszak-Holl, Sandra Levitsky, and Mayer Zald (eds.), Social Movements and the Transformation of American Health Care. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 117-127, 2010.
Veblen Mortenson SK, Rissell C, Perry CL, Finnegan JR, Wolfson M, Forster JL. “Issues in Community Organization and the Development of Task Forces in Rural Communities: Lessons from Project Northland.” Pp. 105-117 in: Neil Bracht (ed.), Health Promotion at the Community Level (revised edition). Newbury Park, CA: SAGE, 1999.
Wolfson M. “Linking Citizens to Government: Interest Group Politics at Common Cause” (book review). Contemporary Sociology 22(5):682 683, 1993.
Wagenaar AC and Wolfson M. “Trade Offs Between Science and Practice in the Design of a Randomized Community Trial.” In: Experiences with Community Action Projects: New Research in the Prevention of Alcohol and Other Drug Problems. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, pp. 119 129, 1993.
McCarthy JD and Wolfson M. "Consensus Movements, Conflict Movements, and the Co optation of Civic and State Infrastructures." In: Aldon Morris and Carol Mueller (eds.), Frontiers of Social Movement Theory. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1992.
McCarthy JD,Wolfson M, Baker DP and EM Mosakowski. "The Founding of Social Movement Organizations: Local Citizens' Group Opposing Drunken Driving." In: Glenn R. Carroll (ed.), Ecological Models of Organizations. Cambridge, MA: Ballinger, 1988.
Reports
Wolfson M, Altman D, DuRant R, Shrestha A, Patterson TE, Williams A, Hensberry R, Zaccaro D, Foley K, Champion H, Preisser J, Vitale J, Garner G. National Evaluation of the Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Program: Year 3 Report. Winston-Salem, NC: Wake Forest University School of Medicine, 2003.
Wolfson M, Altman D, DuRant R, Patterson TE, Williams A, Zaccaro D, Shrestha A, Preisser J, Allen D, Garner G. National Evaluation of the Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Program: Year 2 Report. Winston-Salem, NC: Wake Forest University School of Medicine, 2001.
Wolfson M, Altman D, DuRant R, Patterson TE, Williams A, Zaccaro D, Preisser J, Browne K, Allen D, Gardner G, Combs M. National Evaluation of the Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Program: Year 1 Report. Winston-Salem, NC: Wake Forest University School of Medicine, 2000.
Altman D, Barker D, DuRant R, Williams A, Rogers T, Wolfson M. An Assessment of the National Spit Tobacco Education Program. Report to The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Winston-Salem, NC: Wake Forest University School of Medicine, 1999.
McCarthy JD, Wolfson M, and DS Harvey. Chapter Survey Report. Washington, DC: Center for the Study of Youth Development, 1987.
Journal Articles
Wolfson M, Champion HC, Rogers T, Neiberg RH, Barker DC, Beyer JW, Ip EH, D’Agostino, Jr., RB, Parries M, Easterling D. “Evaluation of Free to Grow: Head Start Partnerships to Promote Substance Free Communities.” Evaluation Review, in press.
Wagoner KG, MPH; Rhodes SD; Wagoner A; Miller C; Wolfson M. „Community organizing goes to college: A practice-based model of community organizing to implement environmental strategies to reduce high-risk drinking on college campuses". Health Promotion Practice. 2010 June 8. E pub ahead of print.
Rhodes SD, Hergenrather KC, Aronson RE, Bloom FR, Felizzola J, Wolfson M, Vissman AT, Alonzo A, Boeving Allen A, Montaño J, McGuire J. “Latino MSM and HIV in the rural south-eastern USA: Formative findings from ethnographic in-depth interviews.” Culture, Health and Sexuality, First published 24 June 2010 (iFirst).
Reboussin BA, Preisser JS, Song EY, Wolfson M. “Geographic clustering of underage drinking and the influence of community characteristics.” Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 106:38-47, 2010.
Rhodes SD, McCoy TP, Wilkin AM, Wolfson M. “Behavioral Risk Disparities in a Random Sample of Self-Identifying Gay and Non-Gay Male University Students”. Journal of Homosexuality, 56(8):1083-1100, 2009.
Rhodes SD, McCoy TP, Omli MR, Cohen GM, Wagoner KG, DuRant RH, Vissman AT, Wolfson M. “The Negative Consequences of Other Students’ Drinking: Inventory Development and Assessment of Differences by Student Characteristics and Risk Behaviors.” International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health. 21(4) 2009.
McCoy TP, Ip EH, Blocker JN, Champion H, Rhodes SD, Wagoner KG, Mitra A, Wolfson M. “Attrition Bias in a U.S. Internet Survey of Alcohol Use Among College Freshmen.” Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs 70(4):606-14, 2009.
Wolfson M, McCoy TP, Sutfin EL. “College Students’ Exposure to Secondhand Smoke.” Nicotine & Tobacco Research 11(8):977-984, 2009.
Sutfin, E.L., Reboussin, B.A., McCoy, T.P., & Wolfson, M. “Are college student smokers really a homogeneous group? A latent class analysis of college student smokers.” Nicotine & Tobacco Research 11(4):444-454, 2009.
Song E, Reboussin B, Foley, K, Kaltenbach, L, Wagoner K, Wolfson M. "Selected community characteristics and underage drinking". Substance Use & Misuse 44(2):179-194, 2009.
Reboussin B, Ip E, Wolfson M. “Locally dependent latent class models with covariates: an application to underage drinking in the United States’’. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A 171 Part 4:877-897, 2008.
O’Brien MC, McCoy TP, Rhodes SD, Wagoner A, Wolfson M. “Caffeinated Cocktails: Energy Drink Consumption, High-risk Drinking, and Alcohol-related Consequences among College Students”. Academic Emergency Medicine 15:1-8, 2008.
DuRant RH, Neiberg N, Champion H, Rhodes S, Wolfson M. “Viewing Professional Wrestling on Television and Engaging in Violent and Other Health Risk Behaviors by a Multi-State Sample of Older Adolescents.” Southern Medical Journal 101(2):129-37, 2008.
Lu B, Preisser JS, Qaqish BF, Suchindran C, Bangdiwala SI, Wolfson M. “A Comparison of Two Bias-Corrected Covariance Estimators for Generalized Estimating Equations.” Biometrics 63:935-941, 2007.
O’Brien MC, Champion H, D'Agostino R, Martin BA, McCoy TP, Wolfson M, DuRant RH. “How “ready” are colleges for an environmental approach that utilizes campus-community coalitions?” International Quarterly of Community Health Education 25(3):295-305, 2006-2007.
Preisser JS, Reboussin BA, Song E, Wolfson M. "The importance and role of intracluster correlations in planning cluster trials." Epidemiology 18:552-560, 2007.
DuRant RH, Champion H, Wolfson M, Omli M, McCoy TP, D’Agostino RB Jr., Wagoner KG, Mitra A. “Date fighting experiences among college students: are they associated with other health-risk behaviors?” Journal of American College Health 55(5):291-6, 2007.
Montgomery J, Foley KL, Wolfson M. Enforcing the Minimum Drinking Age: State, Local and Agency Characteristics Associated With Compliance Checks and Cops in Shops Programs. Addiction 101(2)223-231, 2006.
DuRant RH, Wolfson M, LaFrance B, Balkrishnan R, Altman D. “An evaluation of a mass media campaign to encourage parents of adolescents to talk to their children about sex”. Journal of Adolescent Health 38(3):298 2006.
Reboussin B, Song E, Shrestha A, Lohman KK, Wolfson M. “A Latent Class Analysis of Underage Problem Drinking: Evidence from a Community Sample of 16-20 Year Olds.” Drug and Alcohol Dependence 83(3):199-209, 2006.
O’Brien MC, McCoy TP, Champion H, Mitra A, Robbins A, Teuschler H, Wolfson M, DuRant RH. “Single Question about Drunkenness to Detect College Students at Risk for Injury.” Academic Emergency Medicine (6):629-636, 2006.
DuRant RH, Champion H, Wolfson M. “The Relationship Between Watching Professional Wrestling on Television and Engaging in Date Fighting Among High School Students”. Pediatrics 118(2):e265-72, 2006.
Champion HLO, Foley KL, DuRant RH, Hensberry R, Altman D, Wolfson M. “Adolescent Sexual Victimization, the Use of Alcohol and Other Substances, and Other Health Risk Behaviors.” Journal of Adolescent Health 35(4):321-328, 2004.
Foley KL, Altman D, DuRant RH, Wolfson M. “Adults’ Approval and Adolescents’ Alcohol Use.” Journal of Adolescent Health 35(4):345-345, 2004.
Preisser JS, Young ML, Zaccaro DJ, Wolfson M. “An Integrated Population-averaged Approach to the Design, Analysis and Sample Size Determination of Cluster-unit Trials.” Statistics in Medicine 22(8):1235-1254, 2003.
DuRant RH, Altman D, Wolfson M, Barkin S, Kreiter S, Krowchuk D. “Exposure to Violence and Victimization, Depression, Substance Use, and the Use of Violence by Young Adolescents.” The Journal of Pediatrics 137(5):707-713, 2000.
Braun BL, Hannan P, Wolfson M, Jones Webb R, Sidney S. “Occupational Attainment, Smoking, Alcohol Intake and Marijuana Use: Ethnic Gender Differences in the CARDIA Study.” Addictive Behaviors 25(3):399-414, 2000.
Wagenaar AC, Murray DM, Gehan JP, Wolfson M, Forster JL, Toomey TL, Perry CL, Jones Webb R. “Communities Mobilizing for Change on Alcohol: Outcomes from a Randomized Community Trial.” Journal of Studies on Alcohol 61(1):85-94, 2000.
Wagenaar AC, Gehan JP, Jones-Webb R, Wolfson M, Toomey TL, Forster JL, Murray DM. “Communities Mobilizing for Change on Alcohol: Lessons and Results from a 15-Community Randomized Trial.” Journal of Community Psychology 27(3):315-326, 1999.
Sosale S, Finnegan JR, Schmid L, Perry CL, and Wolfson M. “Adolescent Alcohol Use and the Community Health Agenda: a Study of Leaders’ Perceptions in 28 Small Towns.” Health Education Research 14(1):7-14, 1999.
Forster JL, Murray DM, Wolfson M, Blaine TM, and Wagenaar AC. “The Effects of Community Policies to Reduce Youth Access to Tobacco.” American Journal of Public Health 88(8):1193-1198, 1998.
Wolfson M, Hourigan M, and Johnson T. “Managed Care, Population Health, and Public Health.” Research in the Sociology of Health Care 15:217-231, 1998.
Forster JL and Wolfson M. “Youth Access to Tobacco: Policies and Politics.” Annual Review of Public Health 19:203-235, 1998.
Wolfson M and Hourigan M. “Unintended Consequences and Professional Ethics: Criminalization of Alcohol and Tobacco Use by Youth and Young Adults.” Addiction 92(9):1159 1164, 1997.
Blaine T, Hennrikus D, Forster JL, O’Neil S, Wolfson M, and Pham H. “Creating Tobacco Control Policy at the Local Level: Implementation of a Direct Action Organizing Approach.” Health Education and Behavior 24(5):640 651, 1997.
Jones Webb R, Toomey TL, Short B, Murray DM, Wagenaar A, and Wolfson M. “Relationships among Alcohol Availability, Drinking Location, Alcohol Consumption, and Drinking Problems in Adolescents.” Substance Use and Misuse 32(10):1261 1285, 1997.
Braun BL, Wolfson M, Wagenaar AC, Jones Webb R. “Civic Participation by 18 20 year olds as a Predictor of Support for Alcohol Control Policies.” Contemporary Drug Problems 4(Spring):39 56, 1997.
Wolfson M, Forster JL, Claxton AJ, and Murray DM. “Adolescent Smokers’ Provision of Tobacco to Other Adolescents.” American Journal of Public Health 87(4):649 651, 1997.
Jones Webb R, Short B, Wagenaar AC, Toomey T, Murray D, Wolfson M, Forster J. “Environmental Predictors of Drinking and Drinking Related Problems in Young Adults.” Journal of Drug Education 27(1), 1997.
Forster JL, Wolfson M, Murray DM, Wagenaar AC, and Claxton AJ. “Perceived and Measured Availability of Tobacco to Youth in Fourteen Minnesota Communities: The TPOP Study.” American Journal of Preventive Medicine 13(3):167 174, 1997.
Jones Webb R, Toomey TL, Miner K, Wagenaar AC, Wolfson M, and Poon R. “Why and in What Context Adolescents Obtain Alcohol from Adults: A Pilot Study.” Substance Use & Misuse 32(2):219 228, 1997.
McCarthy JD and Wolfson M. "Resource Mobilization by Local Social Movement Organizations: Agency, Strategy, and Organization in the Movement Against Drinking and Driving.” American Sociological Review 61(6):1070 1088, 1996.
Wolfson M, Toomey TL, Forster JL, Wagenaar AC, McGovern PG, Perry CL. “Characteristics, Policies, and Practices of Alcohol Outlets and Sales to Youth.” Journal of Studies on Alcohol 57(6):670 674, 1996.
Perry CL, Williams CL, Veblen Mortenson S, Toomey TL, Komro KA, Anstine PS, McGovern PG, Finnegan JR, Forster JL, Wagenaar AC, and Wolfson M. “Project Northland: Outcomes of a Communitywide Alcohol Use Prevention Program during Early Adolescence.” American Journal of Public Health 86(7):956 965, 1996.
Forster JL, Komro KA, and Wolfson M. “Survey of City Ordinances and Local Enforcement Regarding Commercial Availability of Tobacco to Minors in Minnesota (USA).” Tobacco Control 5(1):46 51, 1996.
Wolfson M, Toomey TL, Forster JL, Murray DM, Short BJ, Wagenaar AC. “Alcohol Outlet Policies and Practices Concerning Sales to Underage People.” Addiction 91(4):589 602, 1996.
Wagenaar AC, Toomey TL, Murray DM, Short BJ, Wolfson M, Jones Webb R. “Sources of Alcohol for Underage Drinkers.” Journal of Studies on Alcohol 57(3):325 333, 1996.
Rissel CE, Perry CL, Wagenaar AC, Wolfson M, Finnegan JR, and Komro KA. “Empowerment, Alcohol, 8th Grade Students and Health Promotion.” Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education 41(2):105 119, 1996.
Rissel C, Perry C, Wolfson M, Finnegan J, Anstine P. “Factors Associated with Maternal Interest in Community Health Promotion.” Health Values 19(6):30 37, 1995
Forster JL, Murray D, Wolfson M, Wagenaar AC. “Commercial Availability of Alcohol to Young People: Results of Alcohol Purchase Attempts.” Preventive Medicine 24:342 347, 1995.
Wagenaar AC and Wolfson M. “Deterring Sales and Provision of Alcohol to Minors.” Public Health Reports 110(4):419 427, 1995.
Wolfson M, Wagenaar AC, and Hornseth GW. “Law Enforcement Officers’ Views on Enforcement of the Minimum Drinking Age.” Public Health Reports 110(4):428 438, 1995.
Wolfson M. “The Legislative Impact of Social Movement Organizations: The Anti Drunken Driving Movement and the 21 Year Old Drinking Age.” Social Science Quarterly 76(2):311 327, 1995.
Rissel C, Finnegan JR, Wolfson M, and Perry CL. “Factors Which Explain Amount of Participation in Rural Adolescent Alcohol Use Prevention Task Forces.” American Journal of Health Promotion 9(3):169 171, 1995.
Wagenaar AC, Murray DM, Wolfson M, Forster JL, Finnegan JR. “Communities Mobilizing for Change on Alcohol: Design of a Randomized Community Trial.” Journal of Community Psychology (CSAP Special Issue):79 101, 1994.
Forster JL and Wolfson M. “Is the Message the Medium? Perception, Social Position and Health.” Health Education Quarterly 21(4):465 469, 1994.
Forster JL, McGovern PG, Wagenaar AC, Wolfson M, Perry CL, and Anstine PS. “The Ability of Young People to Purchase Alcohol Without Age Identification.” Addiction 89:699 705, 1994.
Wagenaar AC and Wolfson M. “Enforcement of the Legal Minimum Drinking Age in the United States.” Journal of Public Health Policy 15(1):37 53, 1994.
Herman KA, Wolfson M and Forster JL. “The Evolution, Operation, and Future of Minnesota SAFPLAN: A Coalition for Family Planning.” Health Education Research 8(3):331 344, 1993.
Wagenaar AC, Finnegan JR, Wolfson M, Anstine PS, Williams CL, and CL Perry. “Youth Alcohol Access: Where and How Adolescents Obtain Alcoholic Beverages.” Public Health Reports 108(4):459 464, 1993.
Perry CL, Williams CL, Forster JL, Wolfson M, Wagenaar AC, Finnegan JR, McGovern PG, Veblen Mortenson S, Komro KA, Anstine P. “Background, Conceptualization, and Design of a Community wide Research Program on Adolescent Alcohol Use: Project Northland.” Health Education Research 8(1):125 136, 1993.
McCarthy JD, Britt DW and Wolfson M. “The Institutional Channeling of Social Movements in the Contemporary United States.” Research in Social Movements, Conflict and Change 13:45 76, 1991.
Wolfson M. "The Citizens' Movement Against Drunken Driving and the Prevention of Risky Driving: A Preliminary Assessment." Alcohol, Drugs and Driving 5(1):73 84, 1989.
Papers Presented at Professional Meetings
Wolfson M, Sparks M, Wagoner K. “Underage Drinking Parties: Research, Policy, and Prevention”. Presentation at the Office of Juvenile Justice for Delinquency Prevention Annual National Leadership Conference, Anaheim, CA, August 2010.
Wolfson M, Sutfin EL, and Wagoner K. “Quotidian Advocacy: From Secondhand Smoke Exposure to Complaint to Action.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta, GA, August 2010.
Wolfson M. “Alcohol, Drug, and Tobacco Use Prevention: Science, Profession, or Social Movement?” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, Atlanta, GA, August 2010.
Yang E, Khatapoush S, Wolfson M, Meyer A, Hingson R, Callahan J. “Actively Building Community-Researcher Partnerships: The Road to True Community-Based Participatory Research”. Round Table discussion at the Annual Meeting for the Society for Prevention Research, Denver, Co, June 2010.
Sutfin EL, McNamara R, Blocker J, Ip E, O’Brien MC, Wolfson M. “Screening For Tobacco Use Among College Students By Health Care Providers At Student Health Centers”. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Baltimore, MD, February 2010.
Wolfson M, McCoy T, Wagoner K, Sutfin E L. "College students' provision of alcohol to underage peers". Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Philadelphia, PA, November 2009.
Rhodes SD, Vissman AT, McCoy T, Hergenrather K, Montano J, Alonzo J, Wolfson M, Miller C, Bloom F. “HIV risk among immigrant Latino gay men and MSM in the rural Southern USA: Findings from a CBPR respondent-driven sampling study”. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Philadelphia, PA, November 2009.
Sutfin EL, Song E, Wagoner K, Wolfson M. “Hookah cafés target college students: An examination of community characteristics that predict the presence of hookah cafés”. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Philadelphia, PA, November 2009.
Sutfin EL, McCoy T, Reboussin B, Wagoner K, Spangler J, Wolfson M. “Exploring the hookah phenomenon: Prevalence and correlates of waterpipe tobacco use among college students”. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Philadelphia, PA, November 2009.
Wolfson M, Sutfin EL, Spangler J, McCoy T, Reboussin B. “Smokeless Tobacco Use by College Students”. Poster presented at the National Summit on Smokeless & Spit Tobacco. Madison, WI September 2009.
Reboussin B, Preisser J, Song E, Wolfson M. “Geographic Clustering of Underage Drinking and the Influence of Community Characteristics”. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, Washington, DC, May 2009.
Sutfin E L, Blocker J, Wolfson M. “Correlates of Ownership of Tobacco Promotional Items Among College Students”. Poster presented at the 2009 Joint Conference of SRNT and SRNT-Europe, in Dublin, Ireland, April 2009.
Wolfson M , Sutfin E L, Reboussin B, Song E, Phillips KC, Martin BA, Helme D. “College Administrators’ Views on Campus Tobacco Use, Secondhand Smoke Exposure, and Tobacco Policy.” Poster presented at the 2009 Joint Conference of SRNT and SRNT-Europe, in Dublin, Ireland, April 2009.
Wolfson M. “Researcher/Coalition Collaborations: A View from North Carolina.” Presentation at the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) 2009 National Leadership Forum, STOP Act Grantee track, National Harbor MD, February 2009.
Song E, Wolfson M, O’Brien MC, Wagoner k, Martin, BA. "Mixing alcohol with caffeine: Heavy episodic drinking, driving while intoxicated, and alcohol-related consequences among youth". Poster presented at the 136th APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition, San Diego CA, October, 2008.
Wolfson M, Reboussin B, Song E, Wagoner K. “Law Enforcement Influences on Underage Drinking”. Paper presented at the 136th APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition, October, 2008, San Diego CA.
Oldham M, Arnold, E, Wolfson M, Song E, Legault C. “Risk Behaviors of runaway youth who return home S/A’. Paper presented at the 136th APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition, October, 2008, San Diego CA.
Wagoner K, Song E, Wolfson M. “Gender differences in the social acquisition and social provision of alcohol to adolescents”. Poster presented at the 136th APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition, San Diego CA, October 2008
Wolfson M. “Program Definition for Environmental Prevention: Lessons from the Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Community Trial”. Workshop proposal presented at the 21st Annual National Prevention Network Prevention Research Conference, Indianapolis IN, 2008.
Wolfson M, Arnold E, Wagoner K, Reboussin B, Parries M. “Police and Sheriff Involvement in Enforcement of Meth Laws: A 5-State Study”. Paper presented at the Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, 2008.
Wolfson M, Rogers T, Champion H, Easterling D, Barker D, Neiberg R, Ip E, Beyer J, Parries M, Tuttle L, Foley R. “Outcomes from the National Evaluation of Free to Grow: Head Start Partnerships to Promote Substance-Free Communities”. Paper presented at the 16th Annual Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, San Francisco CA, 2008.
Wolfson M, DuRant RH, Martin BA, Rhodes SD, Champion H, Wagoner K. “Design of a Randomized Campus-Community Trial to Reduce High-Risk Drinking and Alcohol-Related Consequences among College Students". Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Public Health Association, Washington, DC, November 2007.
Wolfson M, Rhodes S., Easterling D. "The Institutionalization of Community Action in Public Health." Paper presented (by invitation) at University of Michigan Conference on Social Movements and the Development of Health Institutions, Ann Arbor, Michigan, October 2007.
Wolfson M, Sutfin E, McCoy TP. “Self-reported Exposure to Secondhand Smoke by College Students,” Poster presented at the 2007 National Conference on Tobacco or Health, October 2007.
Wolfson M, DuRant RH, Champion H, Ip E, McCoy TP, O’Brien MC, Rhodes SD, Sutfin E, Martin BA, Wagoner K. “Impact of a Group-Randomized Trial to Reduce High Risk Drinking by College Students.” Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Chicago IL, July 2007.
Champion H, Sutfin E, McCoy TP, O’Brien MC, Cohen G, DuRant RH, Wolfson M. “Non-Prescription Use of Stimulants Among College Students: Associations with Alcohol and Other Substance Use.” Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Chicago IL, July 2007.
Wagoner KG, Newman J, McCoy TP, Champion H, Wolfson M. “There’s No Such Thing as a Free Drink - Obtaining Free Alcohol and Associated Negative Consequences Among Female College Students.” Paper presented at 15th Annual Congress on Women’s Health, Hilton Head South Carolina, June 2007.
Wolfson M. "Daily and Mundane Grievances of College Students: A Basis for Collective Action?" Paper presented at the American Sociological Association Section on Collective Behavior and Social Movements Workshop on Movement Cultures, Strategies, and Outcomes, Hofstra University, Hempstead New York, August 2007.
Wagoner KG, Song EY, Giles S, Wolfson M. Tastes Great or Less Filling? Weight Management Behaviors, Beer Choice and Gender Differences in Adolescents. Paper presented at the 14th Annual Congress on Women’s Health, Hilton Head Island, SC, June 2006.
Easterling D, Rogers T, Altman D, Wolfson M. “Achieving Synergy in Community Health Partnerships: Lessons for Transciplinary Science.” Poster presented at The Science of Team Science: Assessing the Value of Transdisciplinary Research, sponsored by the National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, October 2006.
Wolfson M. Effective Underage Drinking Programs. Workshop conducted by Mark Wolfson provided participants with an overview of programs funded by the NC Underage Drinking Initiative and strategies proven to be effective. Workshop held at Ardmore 3, Wake Forest University School of Medicine July 2005.
Shrestha A, Wolfson M, Reboussin, Foley KL. “Prevention of youth drinking and driving through enforcement .” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Washington, DC, November 2004.
Rhodes SD,Miller C; Martin BA, Champion H, Wolfson M, Altman D, Omli MR, Williams, A; D’Agostino, Jr., R, O’Brien MC, Mitra, DuRant RH. “Study to Prevent Alcohol Related Consequences (SPARC): An Innovative Triangulation Approach to Process Evaluation.” Paper presented at the Annual National Meeting on Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention in Higher Education, Arlington, VA, October 2004.
DuRant RH, Wolfson M, O'Brien MC, D'Agostino, Jr, R, Mitra A, Champion H, Martin BA, Omli MR, Miller C, Rhodes S, Teuschler H. “Health Risk and Problem Behaviors Engaged in by College Students Who Have Experienced Date Fighting.” Paper presented at the Annual National Meeting on Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention in Higher Education, Arlington, VA, October 2004.
Martin BA, Champion H, D’Agostino Jr R, Miller C, Mitra A, O’Brien MC, Omli MR, Rhodes S, Teuschler H, Williams A, Wolfson M, DuRant RH. “Alcohol-Related Norms Among Students Attending Ten Universities in North Carolina.” Paper presented at the Annual National Meeting on Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention in Higher Education, Arlington, VA, October 2004.
O'Brien MC, Champion H, D’Agostino Jr R, Miller C, Martin BA, Mitra A, Omli MR, Rhodes S, Hulme S, Teuschler H, Williams A, Wolfson M, DuRant RH. “How "Ready" are Colleges for an Environmental Approach that Utilizes Campus-Community Coalitions?” Paper presented at the Annual National Meeting on Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention in Higher Education, Arlington, VA, October 2004.
Wolfson M, Martin BA, Wagoner K, Shrestha A, Brown V. “Enhancing Local Evaluation Capacity in the Context of a Large Multi-Community Trial: The Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Program.” Paper presented at the National Institute of Justice Annual Conference on Criminal Justice Research and Evaluation, Washington, DC, July 2004.
Wolfson M, Zaccaro D, Shrestha A, Hensberry R. "Citation of Youth for Alcohol Use: The Role of Community, Organizational, and Individual Factors." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta, GA, August 2003.
Durant RH, Champion H, Wolfson M, Altman D, Hensberry R, Foley KL, Zaccaro D. “Sexual Victimization, Other Violent Behaviors, Risky Sexual Behavior, and Alcohol and Tobacco Use Among Female Adolescents.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies, Seattle, WA, May 2003.
Champion HLO, DuRant RH, Wolfson M, Altman D, Foley KL, Zaccaro D. “Sexual Victimization, Alcohol and Marijuana Use, and Other Violent Behaviors Among Female Adolescents.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies, Baltimore, MD, May 2002.
DuRant RH, Champion H, Altman D, Wolfson M. “The Relationship Between Watching Professional Wrestling on Television And Engaging in Health Risk Behaviors Among Young Adolescents.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies, Baltimore, MD, May 2002.
Champion HLO, M Wolfson, RH DuRant, DG Altman, KL Foley, TE Patterson, AE Williams. “Adolescent Sexual Victimization and the Use of Alcohol and Other Substances, Exposure to Violence, and Other Health Risk Behaviors.” Paper presented at the 2002 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Sexual Violence Prevention Conference, Chicago, IL, May 2002.
Wolfson M. “What Can a Sociologist Tell Us about Tobacco Control? Some thoughts on the role of social movements, organizations, and public policy in the prevention of tobacco use.” Paper presented (by invitation) at the Tobacco Control Policy Research Summit, Lexington, KY, April 2002.
Wolfson M, Zaccaro D, Preisser J, Shrestha A, Patterson T. “Citation and Arrest of Youth for Purchase and Possession of Alcohol: The Role of the OJJDP Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Program.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA, November 2001.
Wolfson M, Zaccaro D, Altman D, DuRant R, Patterson T, Williams A, Shrestha A. “National evaluation of the enforcing underage drinking laws program: Results from one year follow up.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Atlanta, GA, October 2001.
Wolfson M. “Interpenetration of Social Movements and the State: The Case of Tobacco Control.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Anaheim, CA, August 2001.
Wolfson M, Williams A, Patterson T, Zaccaro D. “National Evaluation of the Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Program.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Anaheim, CA, August 2001.
Hutchinson K, Wolfson M, Hege A. “Enforcement of Tobacco Age-of-Sale Laws in 216 U.S. Cities With Large Populations of African Americans and Hispanics.” Paper presented at the 2nd Annual Meeting and Conference of the International Network of Nurses Interested in Alcohol, Tobacco and Drug Misuse, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 2001.
Williams A, Wolfson M, DuRant R, Patterson T, Shrestha A, Altman A “Expert Views on Best Practices Related To Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws.” Paper presented at the 9th Annual Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, Washington, DC, May-June 2001.
DuRant RH, Wolfson M, LaFrance B, Balkrishnan R, Riggsby L, Altman D. “An Evaluation of a Mass Media Campaign to Promote Parents of Adolescents to Talk to their Children about Sex.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, San Diego, CA, March 2001.
Wolfson M and Hege A. "Toward Public Health Policing? Enforcement of Laws Regulating Youth Access to Alcohol and Tobacco." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, CA, November 2000.
Wolfson M, Altman DG, DuRant RH, Patterson TE, Preisser JS, Williams AE, Zaccaro DJ. “National Evaluation of the Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Program: Baseline Data.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Boston, MA, November 2000.
Hutchinson K, Wolfson M, Hege AC. “Enforcement of Tobacco Age-of-Sale Laws in Cities with Large Populations of African Americans and Hispanics.” Paper to be presented at the 11th World Conference on Tobacco OR Health, Chicago, IL, August 2000.
Zaccaro DJ, Wolfson M, Preisser JS. 2000. “Use of Propensity Scores in a Non-randomized Community Trial: Evaluating The Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Program.” Paper presented at the Joint Statistical Meetings, Indianapolis, IN, August 2000.
Wolfson M, Altman DG, DuRant RH, Patterson TE, Preisser JS, Williams AE, Zaccaro DJ. “National Evaluation of the Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Program: Overview.” Paper presented at the U.S. Office of Justice Programs Annual Conference on Criminal Justice Research and Evaluation, Washington, DC, July 2000.
Zaccaro DJ, Preisser JS, Wolfson M. “Impact Evaluation of the Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Program: Design and Baseline Data.” Paper presented at the U.S. Office of Justice Programs Annual Conference on Criminal Justice Research and Evaluation, Washington, DC, July 2000.
Patterson TE, Williams AE, Altman DG, DuRant RH, Wolfson M. “Process Evaluation of the Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Program: Design and Preliminary Results.” Paper presented at the U.S. Office of Justice Programs Annual Conference on Criminal Justice Research and Evaluation, Washington, DC, July 2000.
Patterson TE, Williams A, Altman D, DuRant R, Preisser J, Zaccaro D, Wolfson M, “National Evaluation of the Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Program: Baseline Data.” Paper presented at Alcohol Policy XII: Research and Practice for Prevention, Washington, DC, June 2000.
Wolfson M, Altman DG, DuRant RH, Patterson TE, Preisser JS, Williams AE, Zaccaro DJ. “National Evaluation of the Enforcement of Underage Drinking Laws Program: Design and Baseline Data.” Paper presented at the 15th International Conference on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety, Stockholm, Sweden, May 2000.
Wolfson M and Hutchinson K. “Enforcement of Laws related to Tobacco Use by Youth in Cities with Large African American and Hispanic Populations.” Paper presented at the Lonnie E. Mitchell National Historically Black College and University Substance Abuse Conference, Baltimore, MD, April - May, 1999.
Wolfson M, “Enforcement of Laws Regulating Youth Access to Tobacco: Findings from Phase 1.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Substance Abuse Policy Research Program, Charleston, SC, December 1998.
Wolfson M. “The Tobacco Enforcement Study: Findings from Phase 1.” Paper presented (by invitation) at: Busted: Penalization of Youth Tobacco Possession, sponsored by the Tobacco Control Resource Center, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, November 1998.
Forster JL, Wolfson M, Murray D, Chen V, Blaine T. “Community Policies, Retailer Practices and Tobacco Purchase Success.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Washington, DC, November 1998.
Wolfson M. “The Emergence and Institutionalization of State-sponsored Activism in the United States.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA, August 1998.
Wolfson M, Forster JL, Murray DM, Blaine TM, Hennrikus D, and Wagenaar AC. “Results of a Community Trial to Reduce Youth Access to Tobacco: The TPOP Study.” Paper presented (by invitation) at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, Park City, UT, June 1998.
Wagenaar AC, Gehan JP, Toomey TL, Jones Webb R, Forster JL, Perry CL, Wolfson M, Murray DM. “Communities Mobilizing for Change on Alcohol: Experiences and Outcomes of the CMCA Project.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Kettil Bruun Society, New Zealand, February 1998.
Wolfson M, Forster J, Hannan P, Sidebottom A, Alesci N, and Chen V. “Enforcement of Laws Regulating Youth Access to Tobacco: Preliminary Results.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Substance Abuse Policy Research Program, San Antonio, TX, December 1997.
Wolfson M, Forster JL, Sidebottom A, Hannan PJ, Stewart DJ, Brodsky LB. “Local Ordinances Regulating Youth Access to Tobacco: Results of a National Survey.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Indianapolis, IN, November 1997.
Forster J, Murray D, Wolfson M, Blaine T, Wagenaar A. “The Effects of Community Policies to Reduce Youth Access to Tobacco.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Indianapolis, IN, November 1997.
Wagenaar AC, Murray DM, Gehan JP, Wolfson M, Forster J, Toomey TL, Perry CL, Jones Webb R. “Communities Mobilizing for Change on Alcohol: Initial Outcomes from a Randomized Trial.” Paper presented at the 14th International Conference on Alcohol, Drugs, and Traffic Safety, Annecy, France, September 1997.
Wolfson M and Forster JL. “The Social Availability of Tobacco to Adolescents.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Toronto, Canada, August 1997.
Wolfson M and Forster JL. “Enforcement of Laws Regulating Youth Access to Tobacco: a 50-state Study.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Substance Abuse Policy Research Program, San Francisco, CA, December 1996.
Braun BL, Wolfson M, Wagenaar AC, Jones Webb R. “Civic Participation by 18 20 Year Olds as a Predictor of Support for Alcohol Control Policies.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, New York, NY, October November 1996.
Hennrikus D, Wolfson M, Forster J, Blaine T, Adiga M. “Strategy Teams in Direct Action Community Organizing.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, New York, NY, October November 1996.
Toomey TL, Wagenaar AC, Jones Webb R, Gehan J, Wolfson M, Forster J, Perry C, Hovind M. “Outcomes from the CMCA Project I: Effects on Community Policies and Practices.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, New York, NY, October November 1996.
Wagenaar AC, Toomey TL, Jones Webb R, Murray D, Gehan J, Wolfson M, Forster J, Perry C, Short B. “Outcomes from the CMCA Project II: Effects on Alcohol Outlet Policies.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, New York, NY, October November 1996.
Jones Webb R, Wagenaar AC, Toomey TL, Murray D, Wolfson M, Forster J, Gehan J, Perry C, Short B. “Outcomes from the CMCA Project III: Effects on Youth Attitudes, Perceived Availability and Drinking Behavior.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, New York, NY, October November 1996.
Wolfson, M. “Social Availability of Tobacco to Youth.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Tobacco Policy Research and Evaluation Program, Washington, DC, September 1996.
Wolfson, M. “Interpenetration of State and Movement: Tobacco Control Activism in Minnesota.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York, NY, August 1996.
Wagenaar AC, Gehan J, Toomey TL, Jones Webb R, Wolfson M. “Organizing for Alcohol Policy: What is Needed and How to Get it.” Paper presented at the Tenth International Alcohol Policy Conference, Toronto, Canada, May 1996.
Wolfson M and Forster JL. “Provision of Tobacco Products by Adolescents to Friends, Siblings, and Strangers.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, San Diego, CA, October November 1995.
Lee JA, Jones Webb RJ, Short BJ, Toomey TL, Forster JL, Wolfson M, Wagenaar AC. “High School Seniors Who Drink and Drive: Community Participation, Expected Consequences, and Drinking Norms.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, San Diego, CA, October November 1995.
Forster JL, Wolfson M, Claxton AJ, Murray DM. “Perceived Tobacco Availability and Minors’ Purchase Success in Fourteen Minnesota Cities.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, San Diego, CA, October November 1995.
Jones Webb RJ, Toomey TL, Miner KJ, Wagenaar AC, Wolfson M, Poon R. “Utility of Qualitative Approaches to Inform Youth Alcohol Access Research.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, San Diego, CA, October November 1995.
Toomey TL, Wagenaar AC, Wolfson M, Lee JA. “Do Individuals Under Age 21 Believe They Will Face Consequences if Caught Drinking?” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, San Diego, CA, October November 1995.
Wagenaar AC, Toomey TL, Murray DM, Short BJ, Wolfson M, Jones Webb RJ. “Sources of Alcohol for Underage Drinkers.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, San Diego, CA, October November 1995.
Wolfson M. “Organization, Grievances, Professional Identity, and Social Movement Participation: Tobacco Control in Minnesota.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Washington, DC, August 1995.
Wolfson M, Jones Webb RJ, Forster JL, Toomey TL, Perry CL. “Alcohol Sales to Youth: Organizational Deviance or Standard Operating Procedure?” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Washington, DC, August 1995.
Anstine PS, Komro KA, Forster JL, Wolfson M, Williams CL, Perry CL. “Long Distance Education: Access Issues for Isolated Rural Youth.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Washington, DC, October November 1994.
Veblen Mortenson SK, Rissell C, Perry CL, Finnegan JR, Wolfson M, Forster JL. “Issues in Community Organization and the Development of Task Forces in Rural Communities: Lessons Learned from Project Northland.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Washington, DC, October November 1994.
Forster JL, Komro K, Wolfson M. “City Ordinances and Local Enforcement to Reduce Tobacco Availability to Minors.” Paper presented at the 9th World Conference on Tobacco and Health, Paris, France, October 1994.
Wolfson M and Forster JL. “Socioeconomic Status and Adolescent Tobacco Use: The Role of Differential Availability.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Los Angeles, CA, August 1994.
Toomey TL, Wagenaar AC, Wolfson M, Michels P, Jones Webb RJ. “Community Environmental Interventions to Reduce Youth Access to Alcohol and Drinking after Driving.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, January 1994.
Toomey TL, Wagenaar AC, Wolfson M, Michels P, Jones Webb RJ. “Redefining Community, Policy, Education, and Enforcement Approaches.” Presented at the 9th Alcohol Policy Conference, Charleston, SC, February 1994.
Wagenaar AC, Wolfson M, Forster JL, Murray DM. “Commercial Alcohol Outlets and Underage Drinking: Sales and Enforcement Practices.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, San Francisco, CA, October 1993.
Wolfson M, Forster JL, Wagenaar AC, Miner K, Murray DM. “Alcohol Outlet Characteristics and Practices Concerning Sales to Youth.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, San Francisco, CA, October 1993.
Miner K, Martinez P, Boyte HC, Michels PA, Forster JL, Wagenaar AC, Wolfson M. “Communities Mobilizing for Change on Alcohol: Introducing Citizen Politics to Public Health.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Public Health Education, San Francisco, CA, October 1993.
Wagenaar AC and Wolfson M. “Criminal and Administrative Enforcement of the Legal Minimum Drinking Age.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Miami, FL, August 1993.
Wagenaar AC, Wolfson M, Hornseth GW, Reisig J. “Enforcement of the Legal Minimum Drinking Age in the United States.” Presented at the 2nd World Conference on Injury Control, Atlanta, GA, May 1993.
Wagenaar AC, Wolfson M, Murray DM, Forster JL, Finnegan JR, et.al. “Communities Mobilizing for Change On Alcohol: A Randomized Community Trial.” Presented at the 2nd World Injury Conference on Injury Control, 4th National CDC Conference, Atlanta, GA, May 1993.
Forster JL, Murray D, Wagenaar AC, Wolfson M. “Alcohol Merchants’ Practices as a Factor in Underage Drinking.” Presented at the Society of Behavioral Medicine 14th Annual Scientific Sessions, San Francisco, CA, March, 1993.
Wagenaar AC, Wolfson M, Murray DM, Forster JL, Finnegan JR, et.al. “Communities Mobilizing for Change On Alcohol: A Randomized Community Trial.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Washington, DC, November 1992.
Herman KA, Wolfson M, Forster JL. “The Evolution, Operation, and Future of Minnesota SAFPLAN: A Coalition for Family Planning.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Washington, DC, November 1992.
Wolfson M, Forster JL, Finnegan JR, Wagenaar AC, Williams CL, Perry CL, Anstine PS. “Opinions of Community Leaders, Alcohol Merchants, Parents, and Students About Adolescent Alcohol Use and Problems.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Washington, DC, November 1992.
Forster JL and Wolfson M. “The Influence of Local Data on the Formation of Tobacco Control Policy in Communities: The Minnesota Experience.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Washington, DC, November 1992.
Wagenaar AC, Finnegan JR, Wolfson M, Anstine P, Williams CL, Perry CL. “Youth Alcohol Access: Where and How Adolescents Obtain Alcoholic Beverages. Presented at the Alcohol Epidemiology Symposium sponsored by the Kettil Bruun Society, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June 1992 .
Wagenaar AC, Wolfson M, Murray DM, Forster JL, Finnegan JR, et.al. “Communities Mobilizing for Change on Alcohol: A Randomized Community Trial.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, San Diego, CA, June 1992.
Wolfson M and Hourigan M. “Criminalization of Alcohol and Tobacco Use by Youth: Trends in Minnesota and the U.S.” Presented at the 1992 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Kansas City, MO, April 1992.
Perry CL, Forster JL, Wolfson M. “Supply and Demand Strategies in Community Wide Intervention Research with Adolescents.” Workshop presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, New York, NY, March 1992.
Wolfson M, Forster JL, Finnegan JR, Wagenaar AC, Perry CL, Williams CL, Anstine PS. “Characteristics, Policies, and Practices of Alcohol Outlets and Sales to Youth.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, New York, NY, March 1992.
Wagenaar AC and Wolfson M. "Trade offs Between Science and Practice in the Design of a Randomized Community Trial." Presented at the Second International Research Symposium on Experiences with Community Action Projects for the Prevention of Alcohol and Other Drug Problems, San Diego, CA, January 1992.
Wolfson M. "The Tobacco Control Movement in Minnesota." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Cincinnati, OH, August 1991.
Wolfson M. "Social Movements and Social Control: The Impact of the Anti Drunken Driving Movement on Arrest Rates for Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Washington, DC, August 1990.
Wolfson M. "The Impact of Social Movement Organizations: The Role of Resources, Age, Lobbying, and Interorganizational Networks." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA, August 1989.
Wolfson M and McCarthy JD. "Freestanding Locals, Coalitions, Franchises, and Outlets: The Importance of Social Movement Organizational Form." Presented at the Annual Asilomar Conference on Organizations (sponsored by the Stanford Center for Organizations Research), Pacific Grove, CA, April 1989.
McCarthy JD, Britt DW, Wolfson M. "The Institutional Channeling of Social Movements in the Contemporary United States." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western Social Science Association, Albuquerque, NM, April 1989.
McCarthy JD and Wolfson M. "Understanding Rapid Social Movement Growth: The Role of Organizational Form, Consensus Support, and Elements of the American State." Presented (by invitation) at the Workshop on Frontiers in Social Movement Theory (sponsored by the Collective Behavior and Social Movements Section of the American Sociological Association), Ann Arbor, MI, June 1988.
Wolfson M. "The Citizens Movement Against Drunken Driving and the Prevention of Risky Driving: A Preliminary Assessment." Presented (by invitation) at the International Symposium on Risky Driving (sponsored by the Alcohol Information Service, Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA), Santa Monica, CA, April May 1988.
Wolfson M. "An Analysis of the Regulation of Social Movement Organizations and Industries." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society, Boston, MA, May 1987.
Wolfson M. "The Consequences of a Social Movement: Legislative Impacts of the Citizens' Movement Against Impaired Driving." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the District of Columbia Sociological Society, Arlington, VA, April 1987.
Harvey DS and Wolfson M. "Influences on the Commitment of Social Movement Activists." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the District of Columbia Sociological Society, Arlington, VA, April 1987.
Baker DP, Wolfson M, McCarthy JD, Mosakowski EM. "Social and Demographic Environmental Determinants of Social Movement Organization Foundings: The Case of Local Citizens' Organizations Opposing Drunken Driving." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York, NY, August September 1986.

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