Jane S Seeley

The University of Western Ontario | UWO · Department of Family Medicine

Background Traditionally, a first step toward independence for a North American youth has been to obtain a driver’s licence. Licensure can be associated with freedom and independence to provide teens opportunities to participate in conventional and health-enhancing behaviours, such as school, work, sporting events and other social activities, and/o...

In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a world-wide pandemic. Countries introduced public health measures to contain and reduce its spread. These measures included closures of educational institutions, non-essential businesses, events and activities, as well as working from and staying at home requirements. These measures ha...

Detained youth display substantive mental health and substance use problems. However, Canadian information is limited. The purpose of this study was 1) to assess mental health and substance use problems of youth in residential detention/custody facilities in Ontario, Canada, at intake, using the interRAI Youth Justice in Custodial Facilities (YJCF)...

Objective YouTube is a highly popular social medium that includes over a billion videos covering a wide range of topics, including high risk driving behaviours. Despite the popularity of these websites, published content analyses of high risk driving videos have been limited. Yet, research suggests that exposure to other media glorifying high risk...

Introduction: Despite limited research, existing evidence suggests that there is an association between conduct disorder (CD) and various risky driver behaviours, such as driver aggression and driving after drinking. The current study sought to estimate the association between probable CD during childhood and past-year collision risk. Methods: Dat...

Research has shown that tobacco users have an increased risk of collisions compared to nonsmokers. Studies from 1967 through 2013 documented a crude relative risk of collision involvement of about 1.5 among smokers compared to nonsmokers. In January 2009, in response to concerns about the health risks associated with potentially high concentrations...

Objective: YouTube features millions of videos of high risk driving behaviours and negative consequences of high risk driving ("fails"), such as injuries or deaths. Unfortunately, no information is available on YouTube viewership of these types of sites or on the effects of these videos on viewers. The purpose of this study was to examine young ma...

Objective: Although most research on drugs and driving has focused on the use of alcohol and cannabis, research that has been conducted on cigarette smoking and collisions has found that smokers have an increased collision involvement. Studies dating from 1967 through 2013 have shown a crude relative risk of about 1.5 among smokers compared to nons...

Objective: Entry of terms reflective of extreme risky driving behaviours into the YouTube website yields millions of videos. The majority of the top 20 highly subscribed automotive YouTube websites are focused on high performance vehicles, high speed and often risky driving. Moreover, young men are the heaviest users of online video sharing sites,...

Purpose The mediating relationship of self-conceptions as a risky driver on self-reported driving violations was examined for players of “drive'em up” and “circuit” racing video games using an Internet survey of automobile and racing club members. Structural equation modelling (SEM) tested Fischer et al. (2012) extended socio-cognitive model on the...

Background: Adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) shows a robust association with alcohol and cannabis misuse, and these relationships are expressed differently in males and females. Manifestation of specific ADHD symptom profiles, even in the absence of the full disorder, may also be related to problems with alcohol and cannabis,...

Background: Limited research is available on how Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) clients' cognitions, attitudes and behaviours experienced over time during the therapeutic process and recovery, affect functioning. Aims: This prospective study investigated whether changes in 1) clients' ratings of therapeutic alliance, sense of empowerment over...

Background. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that can persist in adolescence and adulthood. Aim. To examine prevalence of ADHD symptoms and correlates in a representative sample of adults 18 years and older living in Ontario, Canada. Method. We used the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Monitor,...

The objective of the study was to examine the factor structure of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms in a representative population survey of adults and the association of these factors with health outcomes. Hierarchical and correlated factor analysis models were compared, and regression analyses with these models were used to...

Objective: Attitudes and individual difference variables of car and racing enthusiasts regarding high-risk behaviors of street racing and stunt driving have recently been investigated. Positive attitudes toward high-risk driving, personality variables such as driver thrill seeking, and other self-reported risky driving acts were associated with th...

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the relationships among self-reported screening measures of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), other psychiatric problems, and driving-related outcomes in a provincially representative sample of adults 18 years and older living in the province of Ontario, Canada. Methods: The study e...

Background: Conduct disorder (CD) is diagnosed based on a prolonged pattern of antisocial behaviour including serious violation of laws and social norms [1]. There has been speculation that those with a history or current diagnosis of CD are more likely to demonstrate reckless and aggressive driving. Yet there has been little research examining the...

Objective: Assertive community treatment (ACT) studies that have used conventional, statistical growth modelling methods have not examined different trajectories of outcomes or covariates that could influence different trajectories, even though heterogeneity in outcomes has been established in other research on severe mental illness. The purpose o...

On May 1, 1996, Ontario, Canada, amended the Liquor Licence Act to extend the hours of alcohol sales and service in licensed establishments from 1 to 2 a.m. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of extended drinking hours on two cities in southwestern Ontario, Canada, one of which (London) would be affected by the alcohol control poli...

The purpose of this study was to compare the age and sex trends of motor vehicle collision injuries between a nationally representative self-report survey and official police motor vehicle collision report data. To do this, population-based estimates of motor vehicle collision injuries were established using data from the National Population Health...

On May 1, 1996, Ontario, Canada, amended the Liquor Licence Act to extend the hours of alcohol sales and service in licensed establishments from 1 am to 2 am. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of extended drinking hours in Ontario on motor-vehicle collision (MVC) and other injuries admitted to regional trauma units based on Ontar...

This study, using Andersen's health care utilization model, examined how predisposing characteristics, enabling resources, need, personal health practices, and psychological factors influence health care utilization using a nationally representative, longitudinal sample of Canadian adolescents. Second, this study examined whether this process varie...

This study evaluated the cross-border safety impact of extended drinking hours from 1:00 to 2:00 a.m., in licensed establishments in Ontario, Canada. This study examined patterns in total and alcohol-related casualties in: (1) Windsor, Ontario, Canada compared to Detroit, Michigan, US with a 2:00 a.m. closing time, and (2) Ontario compared to Michi...

On 1 May 1996, Ontario, Canada amended the Liquor Licence Act to extend the hours of alcohol sales and service in licensed establishments from 1 to 2 a.m. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the road safety impact of extended drinking hours in Ontario. A quasi-experimental design using interrupted time series with a nonequivalent no-intervent...

To examine what factors predict adolescents' concepts of their health. The study, based on the longitudinal National Population Health Survey, included 1,493 adolescents who were 12-19 at the time of interview. Sex, age, grade, family structure, income, disability, chronic health problems, social supports, social involvement, school/work involvemen...

Adolescence is the period during which lifestyle patterns of behaviour, such as tobacco, alcohol and other drug use, nutrition, physical activities, etc., are being formed. These behaviours set the stage for future health problems and health care utilization, as risk-taking and health compromising lifestyles are major causal factors for many health...

In the past 20 years, dramatic changes have occurred in the movement toward global economies and free/liberalized markets. Various trade agreements have been increasing international trade, challenging “unfair” trade practices and pushing to “harmonize” and coordinate regulations, taxation, policies and other public and private enterprises. Could t...