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...
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...
Carmen Alvarez and colleagues explore the differences in self-care behaviors and attitudes among patients with hypertension who did and did not experience adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), revealing that ACE survivors may need additional resources for depression...
Joel Fein and colleagues used a nationally representative sample to assess the relationship between gun or knife violence exposure and depression, providing evidence for violence exposure as a cause of depression. Read the full publication
Shoshana Aronowitz and Margaret Lowenstein present at the seminar series titled “How the Injury Control Research Centers are responding to the Opioid Epidemic: Reports from the Front Lines of a Public Health Crisis,” organized by the Johns Hopkins Center for...
Kristy Arbogast and colleagues found that adolescents with and without a concussion history present with similar visio-vestibular function. Further, early age of first concussion is not evident in visio-vestibular function in children, suggesting potential cumulative...
CHOP’s Center for Violence Prevention, led by Joel Fein, and Moms Demand Action teamed up for a community memorial garden to offer a place of peace, reflection, and remembrance. The work was featured on 6 ABC’s Hometown Hero segment. Read or watch the full...
This study, from PISC Senior Scholars Sara Jacoby and Meghan Lane-Fall, examined how how caregiver experiences evolve from ICU admission to patient recovery. The interview results converged on four areas: experiences in the ICU, the aftermath of violent traumatic...
A study including PISC Internal Advisory Board Member Patrick Reilly and PISC Senior Scholar Elinore Kaufman sought to prospectively determine patient reported physical, emotional, and social outcomes during the post-injury period. Patients reported decreases in...
PISC Trainee Katie Hunzinger and colleagues found that risk of lower extremity musculoskeletal injury was not elevated in NFL players following a concussion, contrary to previous limited evidence. Read the full article
