Daniel Corwin, Kate McDonald, Kristy Arbogast, Christina Master, and colleagues assessed patient factors associated with adherence to follow-up care after pediatric concussion, suggesting future research should identify individual- and system-level barriers to...
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Buprenorphine-Precipitated Opioid Withdrawal in the Emergency Department: A Case Series
A team including Austin Kilaru, Jeanmarie Perrone, Kit Delgado, and Maggie Lowenstein conducted a case series investigation of patients who developed complications after starting buprenorphine in the ED for opioid use disorder, which is a rare (but feared) occurrence....
Restraint use characteristics among crash-involved child passengers: identifying opportunities to enhance optimal restraint use
Allison Curry, Rachel Myers, and team at CHOP CIRP assessed the prevalence of and characteristics related to restraint use from a sample of police reports for motor vehicle crashes that involved a child passenger. They found that optimal age-based restraint use was...
Effectiveness of a Text Message Intervention Promoting Seat Belt Use Among Young Adults
Kate McDonald, Kit Delgado, and colleagues demonstrated the effectiveness of a text-messaging program in increasing young adult seat belt use. Among young adults who reported not wearing a seat belt at baseline, 41% in the intervention group used a seat belt at six...
The Epidemiology of Firearm Injuries in the US: The Need for Comprehensive, Real-time, Actionable Data
Elinore Kaufman and Kit Delgado wrote a viewpoint paper for JAMA's Special Issue on Firearm Violence, which summarizes current data on firearm injuries in the US, discusses the limitations of available data sources, and proposes measures for a comprehensive system to...
Building Black Wealth — The Role of Health Systems in Closing the Gap
Gina South and colleagues about the role of health system in closing the racial wealth gap, noting its inextricable link to health outcomes. Read the full publication
The Contribution of Neighborhood Characteristics to Psychological Symptom Severity in a Cohort of Injured Black Men
Terry Richmond, Marta Bruce, and colleagues examined how neighborhood characteristics impact the recovery of Black men following a traumatic injury. Severity of PTSD and depressive symptoms was associated with neighborhood crime/violence/vacancy and neighborhood...
Rethinking “recidivism” in firearm injury research and prevention
Sara Jacoby led a commentary that argues "recidivism" as a less than ideal metric for evaluating success in tertiary firearm injury prevention, as well as the insinuation it makes about racialized criminality and how it reinforces stigma. Read the full publication
Historical redlining and the epidemiology of present-day firearm violence in the United States: A multi-city analysis
Chris Morrison, Sara Jacoby, and colleagues add a layer of understanding to the impact of historical racist redlining practices on present day firearm violence by assessing the relationship in different cities and the dose-responsive relationship on a zip code level....
Patient perspectives on naloxone receipt in the emergency department: a qualitative exploration
Maggie Lowenstein, Jeanmarie Perrone, Kit Delgado, Anish Agarwal, and other colleagues explored how patients receive naloxone and the accompanying provider conversations (or lack thereof). Read the full publication
Patient Perceptions About Opioid Risk Communications Within the Context of a Randomized Clinical Trial
Zack Meisel and colleagues examine patient perceptions of two different methods of communicating opioid risk: a probability tool versus a narrative-enhanced probability tool (with past patient videos). Read the full publication
Comparison of Anxiety and Depression Symptoms in Concussed and Nonconcussed Adolescents
Kate McDonald, Kristy Arbogast, and colleagues demonstrate elevated anxiety and depressive symptoms in adolescents with acute concussion, compared to nonconcussed peers, suggesting that depression screening should be incorporated into adolescent concussion care. Read...