Recent Publications and Presentations

Debra Hilkene Bernat, Assistant Professor

 Peer Reviewed Articles

• Bernat, D.H., Maldonado-Molina, M.M., Hyland, A. & Wagenaar, A.C.  (2013).  Effects of smoke-free laws on alcohol-related car crashes in California and New York: Time series analyses from 1982 to 2008.  American Journal of Public Health, 103(2), 214-220.
• Klein, E.G., Bernat, D.H. & Forster, J.L. (2012).  Young Adult Perceptions of smoking in outdoor park areas.  Health & Place, 18, 1042-1045.
• Bernat, D.H., Choi, K., Erickson, D.J., Lenk, K. & Forster, J.L.  (2012).  Minnesota’s comprehensive statewide smokefree law: Short-term effects on young adults.  American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 43(5), S156-S162.
• Lenk, K., Rode, P., Fabian, L., Bernat, D.H., Klein, E. & Forster, J.L.  (2012).  Cigarette use among young adults: Comparisons between 2-year college students, 4-year college students, and those not in college.  Journal of American College Health, 60(4), 303-308.
• Bernat, D.H., Klein, E.G. & Forster, J.L.  (2012).  Smoking initiation during young adulthood: A longitudinal study of a population-based cohort.  Journal of Adolescent Health, 51(5), 497-502. 
• Goldade, K., Choi, K., Bernat, D.H., Klein, E.G., Okuyemi, K.S. & Forster, J.L.  (2012).  Multilevel predictors of smoking initiation among adolescents: Findings from the Minnesota Adolescent Community Cohort (MACC) study.  Preventive Medicine, 54, 242-246.
• Fabian, L., Bernat, D.H., Lenk, K., Shi, Q. & Forster, J.  (2011).  Smoking bans in bars and restaurants: Does support among youth and young adults change after a statewide ban?  Public Health Reports, 126(5), 669-676.
• Bernat, D.H., Erickson, D., Shi, Q., Fabian, L. & Forster, J.F. (2010).  Short-term effects of a comprehensive statewide smoke-free law on perceived opportunities to smoke.  American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 39(6), S23-S29.

Books and Book Chapters

• Bernat, D.H. & Resnick, M.D. (2009). Connectedness in the lives of adolescents. In R.J. DiClemente, J.S. Santelli, & R.A. Crosby (Ed.), Adolescent Health: Understanding and Preventing Risk Behaviors (375-389). San Francisco ,CA: Jossey-Bass.