Julie S Downs
Biographic Data
| ID | 1681379 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Julie S Downs |
| GIVEN NAMES | Julie S |
| FAMILY NAME | Downs |
| SIGNATURE | DOWNS J S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Carnegie Mellon University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2405-6837 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 70 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Video for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention
The authors reflect on the use of video recordings and Internet videos in adolescent pregnancy prevention interventions, and it mentions the cost effectiveness of video prevention programs, as well as information about a multi-site randomized controlled trials to evaluate the Seventeen Days interactive video intervention. Increased sexual abstinence and reduced condom failures are examined in relation to teenage pregnancy prevention programs. The…
Experimental Tests of Risk Ladders in the Elicitation of Perceived Likelihood
Risk ladders have the potential to improve numeric judgments of low‐likelihood events by providing information about the likelihoods of comparison risks, thereby letting respondents make risk estimates “in context.” However, to date this tool has been studied systematically only in communication of risk, not in elicitation of perceived likelihoods. In three studies, we evaluated the benefits of risk ladders on the consistency, validity, and mean‐…
Supplementing Menu Labeling With Calorie Recommendations to Test for Facilitation Effects
Objectives. We examined the effect on food purchases of adding recommended calorie intake per day or per meal to the mandated calorie information posted on chain restaurant menus. Methods. Before and after New York City implemented calorie posting on chain restaurant menus in 2008, we provided daily, per-meal, or no calorie recommendations to randomized subsets of adult lunchtime customers (n = 1121) entering 2 McDonald’s restaurants, in Manhatta…
Mixed Drinks and Mixed Messages
Experimentation with alcohol and sexuality is a normative aspect of adolescent development. Yet both present distinct risks to adolescent females and are especially problematic when they intersect. Although youth are often cautioned about the dangers associated with having sex and using alcohol, popular entertainment media frequently depict the combination of alcohol and sexuality as carefree fun. It is unclear how adolescent females interpret th…
The effect of question wording on consumers’ reported inflation expectations
Strategies for Promoting Healthier Food Choices
Between 1960 and 2004, the proportion of Americans meeting standard criteria for obesity increased from 13 percent to 31 percent (Katherine M. Flegal et al. 2002), and it has been proposed that, if this trend is not reversed, obesity may soon overtake smoking as the leading preventable cause of death (Ali H. Mokdad et al. 2004). Consequently, obesity is now one of the major causes of rising health care costs (Eric A. Finkelstein, Christopher J. R…
Interactive video behavioral intervention to reduce adolescent females' STD risk
Teen Expectations for Significant Life Events
Journal Article Teen Expectations for Significant Life Events Get access BARUCH FISCHHOFF, BARUCH FISCHHOFF Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar ANDREW M. PARKER, ANDREW M. PARKER Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar WÄNDI BRUINE DE BRUIN, WÄNDI BRUINE DE BRUIN Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar JULIE DOWNS, JULIE DOWNS Search for other w…
Minimal conditions for the creation of a unit relationship
We hypothesize that sharing a birthday is sufficient to create a unit relationship. Two studies demonstrated that individuals cooperated more in a prisoners dilemma game when their (fictitious) opponent shared their birthday. They also reacted more negatively to betrayal and were less sensitive to relative gains for self versus other. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Teen Expectations for Significant Life Events
Journal Article Teen Expectations for Significant Life Events Get access BARUCH FISCHHOFF, BARUCH FISCHHOFF Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar ANDREW M. PARKER, ANDREW M. PARKER Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar WÄNDI BRUINE DE BRUIN, WÄNDI BRUINE DE BRUIN Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar JULIE DOWNS, JULIE DOWNS Search for other w…
Interactive video behavioral intervention to reduce adolescent females' STD risk
Mixed Drinks and Mixed Messages
Experimentation with alcohol and sexuality is a normative aspect of adolescent development. Yet both present distinct risks to adolescent females and are especially problematic when they intersect. Although youth are often cautioned about the dangers associated with having sex and using alcohol, popular entertainment media frequently depict the combination of alcohol and sexuality as carefree fun. It is unclear how adolescent females interpret th…
The effect of question wording on consumers’ reported inflation expectations
Supplementing Menu Labeling With Calorie Recommendations to Test for Facilitation Effects
Objectives. We examined the effect on food purchases of adding recommended calorie intake per day or per meal to the mandated calorie information posted on chain restaurant menus. Methods. Before and after New York City implemented calorie posting on chain restaurant menus in 2008, we provided daily, per-meal, or no calorie recommendations to randomized subsets of adult lunchtime customers (n = 1121) entering 2 McDonald’s restaurants, in Manhatta…
Minimal conditions for the creation of a unit relationship
We hypothesize that sharing a birthday is sufficient to create a unit relationship. Two studies demonstrated that individuals cooperated more in a prisoners dilemma game when their (fictitious) opponent shared their birthday. They also reacted more negatively to betrayal and were less sensitive to relative gains for self versus other. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Teen Expectations for Significant Life Events
Journal Article Teen Expectations for Significant Life Events Get access BARUCH FISCHHOFF, BARUCH FISCHHOFF Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar ANDREW M. PARKER, ANDREW M. PARKER Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar WÄNDI BRUINE DE BRUIN, WÄNDI BRUINE DE BRUIN Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar JULIE DOWNS, JULIE DOWNS Search for other w…
Interactive video behavioral intervention to reduce adolescent females' STD risk
Strategies for Promoting Healthier Food Choices
Between 1960 and 2004, the proportion of Americans meeting standard criteria for obesity increased from 13 percent to 31 percent (Katherine M. Flegal et al. 2002), and it has been proposed that, if this trend is not reversed, obesity may soon overtake smoking as the leading preventable cause of death (Ali H. Mokdad et al. 2004). Consequently, obesity is now one of the major causes of rising health care costs (Eric A. Finkelstein, Christopher J. R…
Mixed Drinks and Mixed Messages
Experimentation with alcohol and sexuality is a normative aspect of adolescent development. Yet both present distinct risks to adolescent females and are especially problematic when they intersect. Although youth are often cautioned about the dangers associated with having sex and using alcohol, popular entertainment media frequently depict the combination of alcohol and sexuality as carefree fun. It is unclear how adolescent females interpret th…
The effect of question wording on consumers’ reported inflation expectations
Supplementing Menu Labeling With Calorie Recommendations to Test for Facilitation Effects
Objectives. We examined the effect on food purchases of adding recommended calorie intake per day or per meal to the mandated calorie information posted on chain restaurant menus. Methods. Before and after New York City implemented calorie posting on chain restaurant menus in 2008, we provided daily, per-meal, or no calorie recommendations to randomized subsets of adult lunchtime customers (n = 1121) entering 2 McDonald’s restaurants, in Manhatta…
Experimental Tests of Risk Ladders in the Elicitation of Perceived Likelihood
Risk ladders have the potential to improve numeric judgments of low‐likelihood events by providing information about the likelihoods of comparison risks, thereby letting respondents make risk estimates “in context.” However, to date this tool has been studied systematically only in communication of risk, not in elicitation of perceived likelihoods. In three studies, we evaluated the benefits of risk ladders on the consistency, validity, and mean‐…
Video for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention
The authors reflect on the use of video recordings and Internet videos in adolescent pregnancy prevention interventions, and it mentions the cost effectiveness of video prevention programs, as well as information about a multi-site randomized controlled trials to evaluate the Seventeen Days interactive video intervention. Increased sexual abstinence and reduced condom failures are examined in relation to teenage pregnancy prevention programs. The…
Medicine (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (3 works) · Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling (2 works) · Context (archaeology (2 works) · Environmental health (2 works)