The Economic Burden of Pediatric Postconcussive Syndrome
A new study led PISC Senior Scholar Daniel Corwin, MD, quantitatively describes the direct costs of pediatric postconcussive syndrome...
The William Shoemaker Honorary Lecture on The Impact of Gun Violence on Public Health
PISC Executive Board Member, Therese Richmond, PhD, CRNP, FAAN presented the William Shoemaker Honorary Lecture on the impact of gun...
Applying Behavioral Economics to Enhance Safe Firearm Storage
A paper written by Katelin Hoskins, Unmesha Paladhi, Caitlin McDonald, and Alison Buttenheim was recently released in Pediatrics, titled...
Child maltreatment and the risk of antisocial behaviour: A population-based cohort study spanning 50
Child maltreatment is a major public health problem; encompassing any acts of commission (abuse) or omission (neglect) that result in...
Injury Control and Emergency Health Services APHA Events
ICEHS Events from 11/3-11/6 are listed below Sunday, November 3, 2019 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM 265.0 ICEHS business meeting Pennsylvania...
Gun suicides: America's unseen public health crisis
In this article, written by Jonathan Fielding, MD, Fielding brings attention to the growing number of gun, specifically gun deaths due to...
Factors Affecting Recovery Trajectories in Pediatric Female Concussion
StartFragment Females have been shown to have prolonged concussion recovery compared with males. Penn Injury Science Center Executive...
Pediatric Emergency Department and Primary Care Provider Attitudes on Assessing Childhood Adversity
StartFragment PISC Senior Scholar, Joel Fein, MD, MPH, in collaboration with researchers from UNC School of Medicine, Children's...
Route Choices and Adolescent-Adult Connections in Mitigating Exposure to Environmental Risk Factors
StartFragment While adolescent-adult connections have been shown to have an impact against violence and victimization, the mechanisms...
Risk of Repeat Concussion Among Patients Diagnosed at a Pediatric Care Network
StartFragment Although much is known about the causes and characteristics about initial concussions for children, there is less...
