Muskie School of Public Service

Al Leighton

Manager of Survey Research Center
Population Health and Health Policy

Areas of Expertise: Survey research methodology, design, administration.

Research Interests: Research design experimentation; civic engagement and social capital; public policy implementation and practice; public opinion measurement; urban/rural variation.

• Alternative Safety Belt Use Measurement
• Drinking Among First Year College Students
• Early Impact of Clean Elections in Maine and Arizona
• Employee Training Practices of Metal Industries in Maine
• Health Care Access for Prisoners in Maine
• Katrina and Threat Perception
• Keeping Children Safe Downeast
• Longitudinal Study of New Trainees
• Maine Veterans of Iraq War
• Male Victims of Domestic Violence
• Mount Desert Island Needs Assessment
• Safety Belt Use in Maine 2004
• Seatbelt Observation Study
• Seatbelt Study Year 2
• Seatbelts 07
• Seatbelts Study 2008
• Tough Choices
• Tough Choices - California

• Maine early childhood immunization survey: Final report. Portland, ME: University of Southern Maine, Muskie School of Public Service, Survey Research Center; 2008.
• Leighton, A, & Dodge, J. (2007, November 30). Safety belt use in Maine 2007. Portland, ME: University of Southern Maine, Muskie School of Public Service, Survey Research Center.
• Leighton, A, Dodge, J., & Leaf, B. (2007, November 30). Child safety restraint use in Maine 2007. Portland, ME: University of Southern Maine, Muskie School of Public Service, Survey Research Center.
• Leighton, A., & Salerno, A. (2006, October). Safety belt use in Maine 2006. Portland, ME: University of Southern Maine, Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service, Survey Research Center.
• Maine Civil Liberties Union. (2004). The health status of Maine's prison population: Results of a survey of inmates incarcerated by the Maine Department of Corrections. Portland, ME: MCLU.
• Leighton, A., & Ziller, E. (1999). Safety belt use in Maine, 1998. Portland, ME: University of Southern Maine, Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service, Survey Research Center.
• Leighton, A., & Hart, S. K. (1998). Safety belt use in Maine, 1997. Portland, ME: University of Southern Maine, Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service, Survey Research Center.