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SUBMITTER: Adams J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6679597 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Adams Jimi J Schaefer David R DR
Journal of health and social behavior 20160301 1
We use an empirically grounded simulation model to examine how initial smoking prevalence moderates the effectiveness of potential interventions designed to change adolescent smoking behavior. Our model investigates the differences that result when manipulating peer influence and smoker popularity as intervention levers. We demonstrate how a simulation-based approach allows us to estimate outcomes that arise (1) when intervention effects could plausibly alter peer influence and/or smoker popular ...[more]