About the Authors

Matthew C. Farrelly

mcf@rti.org

Affiliation Public Health Policy Research Program, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America

Kian Kamyab

Affiliation Public Health Policy Research Program, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America

James Nonnemaker

Affiliation Public Health Policy Research Program, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America

Erik Crankshaw

Affiliation Community Health Promotion Research Program, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America

Jane A. Allen

Affiliation Public Health Policy Research Program, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MF KK JN EC JA. Analyzed the data: KK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EC. Wrote the paper: MF KK JN EC JA. Conceived of the study and designed and directed the analysis and writing: MF. Developed measures: EC. Conducted the analyses: KK. Assisted with the methods and analysis: MF KK JN. Interpreted results: MF KK JN EC. Wrote the manuscript: MF EC JA. Reviewed draft manuscripts and provided suggestions on changes and additional analyses: MF KK JN EC JA.