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Recreational off-highway vehicle crashes resulting in victims being treated at a regional trauma center: mechanisms and contributing factors

Recreational off-highway vehicles (ROVs) have become increasingly popular in recent years; however, crash epidemiology is not well described. ROVs travel at least 30 mph, and unlike all-terrain vehicles, have ...

Authors: Charles A. Jennissen, Meaghan T. Reaney and Gerene M. Denning

Evaluation of a mobile safety center's impact on pediatric home safety knowledge and device use

A Mobile Safety Center (MSC) is designed to remove financial accessibility barriers to home safety by providing education and safety devices within local communities. The objective of this study was to evaluat...

Authors: Leah Furman, Stephen Strotmeyer, Christine Vitale and Barbara A. Gaines

A pilot QI primary care practice program to help reduce infant mortality risks

Tobacco smoke exposure (TSE) and inappropriate sleep position/environments contribute to preventable infant deaths. The objective of our quality improvement (QI) program was to increase primary care provider (...

Authors: Michael A. Gittelman, Kristen Fluitt, Samantha Anzeljc, Arun RajanBabu, Adam C. Carle, Melissa Wervey Arnold and E. Melinda Mahabee-Gittens

Parental attitudes and family helmet use for all-terrain vehicles and bicycles

Helmets prevent head trauma in both all-terrain vehicle (ATV) and bicycle crashes. This pilot study’s objective was to compare family helmet use and participant attitudes regarding helmets for ATVs versus bicy...

Authors: Cole Wymore, Gerene Denning, Pamela Hoogerwerf, Kristel Wetjen and Charles Jennissen

Educational achievement and youth homicide mortality: a City-wide, neighborhood-based analysis

Educational achievement, particularly among youth, may mitigate risk of exposure to violence and negative related health outcomes such as crime and gang activity. Few studies to date have examined relationship...

Authors: Michael J. C. Bray, Mary E. Boulos, Galen Shi, Kevin MacKrell and Paul S. Nestadt

Epidemiology of traumatic falls after Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico

Hurricanes are among the most devastating natural disasters, playing a significant role in public health. Currently, the epidemiology of fall-related injuries after the occurrence of a tropical storm is not we...

Authors: Laura Ramírez-Martínez, Mariella Chamah-Nicolás, Mariely Nieves-Plaza, Javier Ruiz-Rodríguez, Pedro Ruiz-Medina, Ediel O. Ramos-Melendez and Pablo Rodríguez-Ortiz

Are high school girls’ lacrosse players at increased risk of concussion because they are not allowed to wear the same helmet boys’ lacrosse players are required to wear?

Boys’ lacrosse (LAX), a full contact sport allowing body and stick checking, mandates hard shell helmets with full face masks. Girls’ LAX, which prohibits body checking and whose sphere rule is supposed to pre...

Authors: R. Dawn Comstock, Alan T. Arakkal, Lauren A. Pierpoint and Sarah K. Fields

Large-scale evaluation of interventions designed to reduce childhood Drownings in rural Bangladesh: a before and after cohort study

This paper estimates the impact on childhood drowning rates of community-based introduction of crèches or playpens or both in rural Bangladesh for children aged 0–47 months.

Authors: Olakunle Alonge, David Bishai, Shirin Wadhwaniya, Priyanka Agrawal, Aminur Rahman, Emdad Md. Dewan Hoque, Kamran Ul Baset, Shumona Sharmin Salam, Al-Amin Bhuiyan, Md Irteja Islam, Abu Talab, Qazi Sadeq-ur Rahman, Fazlur Rahman, Shams El-Arifeen and Adnan A. Hyder

Athlete availability and incidence of overuse injuries over an athletics season in a cohort of elite Swedish athletics athletes - a prospective study

Athletics is a sport with a high incidence of injury, where most injuries are caused by overuse. Research on injury incidence and the occurrence of overuse injuries during a season in athletics is scarce. An a...

Authors: Andreas Lundberg Zachrisson, Andreas Ivarsson, Pia Desai, Jon Karlsson and Stefan Grau

Perceptions of health providers towards the use of standardised trauma form in managing trauma patients: a qualitative study from Tanzania

Trauma registries (TRs) are essential to informing the quality of trauma care within health systems. Lack of standardised trauma documentation is a major cause of inconsistent and poor availability of trauma d...

Authors: Hendry R. Sawe, Nathanael Sirili, Ellen Weber, Timothy J. Coats, Teri A. Reynolds and Lee A. Wallis

Serious sports-related injury in England and Wales from 2012-2017: a study protocol

Physical activity is an important component of healthy lifestyles, with a central role in morbidity prevention. However, sporting and physical activity also involve an inherent injury risk. Some sports and act...

Authors: Madeleine A. M. Davies, Tom Lawrence, Antoinette Edwards, Fiona Lecky, Carly D. McKay, Keith A. Stokes and Sean Williams

Perceptions of implementation of Massachusetts sports concussion regulations: results of a survey of athletic directors

In 2011 the Massachusetts Department of Public Health issued regulations pursuant to 2010 Massachusetts youth sports concussion legislation that provided policies and procedures for persons engaged in the prev...

Authors: Jonathan Howland, Julia Campbell, Linda Brown, Alcy Torres, Jonathan Olshaker, Richard Pearson and Courtney Hess

Evaluating the effectiveness of traumatic brain injury state laws among high school athletes

Traumatic brain injury legislation varies across states. A comprehensive nationwide evaluation of state traumatic brain injury laws is vital given growing populations of high school athletes. This study evalua...

Authors: Alan T. Arakkal, Anna E. Barón, Molly M. Lamb, Sarah K. Fields and R. Dawn Comstock

Fatal childhood injuries in Finland between 1971 and 2017

The injury mortality rates around the globe show considerable country-to-country differences and the rates have decreased at very different speeds. In Finland, the proportion of total mortality attributed to i...

Authors: Jari Parkkari, Ville M. Mattila, Seppo Niemi and Pekka Kannus

Associations between biomechanical and clinical/anthropometrical factors and running-related injuries among recreational runners: a 52-week prospective cohort study

The purpose of this exploratory study was to investigate whether runners with certain biomechanical or clinical/anthropometrical characteristics sustain more running-related injuries than runners with other bi...

Authors: Jonatan Jungmalm, Rasmus Østergaard Nielsen, Pia Desai, Jon Karlsson, Tobias Hein and Stefan Grau

Temporal trend of research related to gun violence from 1981 to 2018 in the United States: a bibliometric analysis

We aimed to evaluate the variation in gun violence-related research in the US over time to determine if there are meaningful changes in frequency of research at certain time points. Related publications were s...

Authors: Lung-Chang Chien, Maxim Gakh, Courtney Coughenour and Ro-Ting Lin

Mechanisms of accidental fall injuries and involved injury factors: a registry-based study

Falls are the leading cause of injury-related morbidity and mortality worldwide, but fall injury circumstances differ by age. We studied the circumstances of accidental fall injuries by age in Shenkursk Distri...

Authors: Tatiana Nikolaevna Unguryanu, Andrej Mechislavovich Grjibovski, Tordis Agnete Trovik, Børge Ytterstad and Alexander Valerievich Kudryavtsev

Mild traumatic brain injury/concussion and female sexuality, a scoping review of the literature

The American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM) in 2010 called for more head injury research on gender disparities to bridge the gender gap for the short-and long-term effects of TBI, including sexual ...

Authors: Martina Anto-Ocrah, Kimberly Tiffany, Linda Hasman and Edwin van Wijngaarden

Adolescents’ engagement in multiple risk behaviours is associated with concussion

The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between engagement in multiple risk behaviours (MRB) and concussion amongst youth.

Authors: Joshua Shore and Ian Janssen

Epidemiology of tendon and ligament injuries in Aotearoa/New Zealand between 2010 and 2016

Injuries to tendons and ligaments make up a large portion of musculoskeletal injuries, and contribute to significant morbidity and healthcare costs. However, there is currently a poor understanding of the burd...

Authors: Sita T. Clark, Mark Zhu, Greg D. Gamble, Dorit Naot, Sarah-Jane Paine, Nicola Dalbeth, Jillian Cornish and David S. Musson

Prevalence of long gun use in Maryland firearm suicides

Firearms account for the majority of US suicides, largely due to lethality and accessibility. Under Federal and Maryland law, long guns are less regulated than handguns which is a concern for increased suicide...

Authors: Paul S. Nestadt, Kevin MacKrell, Alexander D. McCourt, David R. Fowler and Cassandra K. Crifasi

Re-prioritizing traffic stops to reduce motor vehicle crash outcomes and racial disparities

Law enforcement traffic stops are one of the most common entryways to the US justice system. Conventional frameworks suggest traffic stops promote public safety by reducing dangerous driving practices and non-...

Authors: Mike Dolan Fliss, Frank Baumgartner, Paul Delamater, Steve Marshall, Charles Poole and Whitney Robinson

Incidence reporting via online high school concussion surveillance by certified athletic trainers and school nurses, 2015–2018

There is an increasing concern over adolescent concussions in sports due to risks of long-term negative effects. This study analyzed data over three school years on reported concussion incidence rates by seaso...

Authors: Lauren Gonzalez, Laura E. Jones, Maryanne Fakeh, Nimit Shah, Joseph A. Panchella and Derek G. Shendell

Trends in alcohol and marijuana detected in homicide victims in 9 US states: 2004–2016

Use of alcohol and other drugs is a major risk factor for assaultive injuries and violent deaths. The purpose of this study was to examine the time trends in the prevalence of alcohol and marijuana detected in...

Authors: Oybek Nazarov and Guohua Li

Injuries among Amish children: opportunities for prevention

The purpose of this study was to examine the injury risk patterns among Amish children, many of whom may be exposed to uncommon injuries and limited access to care due to their agrarian lifestyle and remote co...

Authors: Stephen Strotmeyer, Abigail Koff, Joshua N. Honeyman and Barbara A. Gaines

Childhood adversities and prior involvement with child protective services

We aimed to determine the relation between childhood adversities and prior involvement with Child Protective Services (CPS) history among children presenting for evaluation at a Child Advocacy Center.

Authors: Shakira F. Suglia, Erin R. Kulick and Jocelyn Brown

Describing a “mass shooting”: the role of databases in understanding burden

The mass shooting phenomenon has gained much attention lately as this form of gun violence appears to increase in frequency. Although many organizations collect information on mass shootings (fatal and nonfata...

Authors: Marisa Booty, Jayne O’Dwyer, Daniel Webster, Alex McCourt and Cassandra Crifasi

Evaluating a novel sign’s impact on whether park visitors enter a dangerous river

Between 1972 and 2015, 56 visitors to the two national parks that border the Potomac River Gorge experienced fatal drowning. In 2016, the George Washington Memorial Parkway (GWMP), and the Chesapeake and Ohio ...

Authors: Deborah C. Girasek

Effect on background checks of newly-enacted comprehensive background check policies in Oregon and Washington: a synthetic control approach

Comprehensive background check (CBC) laws extend background check requirements to private party firearm transfers to prevent firearm acquisitions by prohibited persons. The aim of our study was to estimate the...

Authors: Alvaro Castillo-Carniglia, Daniel W. Webster and Garen J. Wintemute

Incidence, deaths, and lifetime costs of injury among American Indians and Alaska Natives

In the United States, the mortality burden of injury is higher among American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) than any other racial/ethnic group, and injury contributes to considerable medical costs, years ...

Authors: Amanda A. Honeycutt, Olga Khavjou, Simon J. Neuwahl, Grant A. King, Meredith Anderson, Andrea Lorden and Michael Reed

Electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) liquid nicotine exposure in young children presenting to US emergency departments, 2018

Increased use of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) in the United States (U.S.) has been related to acute adverse events from liquid nicotine exposure. Previous studies have reported on these events t...

Authors: Joanne T. Chang and Brian L. Rostron

Unintentional firearm deaths in the United States 2005–2015

Unintentional gun death occurs four times more often in the United States than other high-income countries. Research on these deaths typically has a narrow scope. We believe this is the first study describing ...

Authors: Sara J. Solnick and David Hemenway

Shock index in patients with traumatic solid organ injury as a predictor of massive blood transfusion protocol activation

We aimed to assess the utility of shock index (SI) to predict the need for massive transfusion protocol (MTP) in patients with solid organ injury (SOI) in a Level 1 Trauma center.

Authors: Ayman El-Menyar, Gaby Jabbour, Mohammad Asim, Husham Abdelrahman, Ismail Mahmood and Hassan Al-Thani

A new weighted injury severity scoring system: better predictive power for adult trauma mortality

An accurate injury severity measurement is essential in the evaluation of trauma care and in outcome research. The traditional Injury Severity Score (ISS) does not consider the differential risks of the Abbrev...

Authors: Junxin Shi, Jiabin Shen, Motao Zhu, Krista K. Wheeler, Bo Lu, Brian Kenney, Kathryn E. Nuss and Henry Xiang

End-user experiences with two incident and injury reporting systems designed for led outdoor activities - challenges for implementation of future data systems

Injury and incident (near miss) prevention is heavily dependent upon robust and high-quality data systems. Evaluations of surveillance systems designed to report factors associated with incidents and injuries ...

Authors: Caroline F. Finch, Natassia Goode, Louise Shaw and Paul M. Salmon

State marijuana laws and opioid overdose mortality

The opioid epidemic in the United States is a national public health crisis. In recent years, marijuana legalization has been increasingly adopted by state governments as a policy intervention to control the o...

Authors: Stanford Chihuri and Guohua Li

The impact of spikes in handgun acquisitions on firearm-related harms

Research has documented sharp and short-lived increases in firearm acquisitions immediately following high-profile mass shootings and specific elections, increasing exposure to firearms at the community level....

Authors: Hannah S. Laqueur, Rose M. C. Kagawa, Christopher D. McCort, Rocco Pallin and Garen Wintemute

Reported injury, hospitalization, and injury fatality rates among New Jersey adolescent workers

Workplace injuries are a public health concern, including among adolescents and young adults. Secondary school career-technical-vocational education related injuries are mandated by code under jurisdiction of ...

Authors: Daniel Uhiara, Derek G. Shendell, Marija Borjan, Judith M. Graber, Koshy Koshy and Margaret Lumia

Use of multiple failure models in injury epidemiology: a case study of arrest and intimate partner violence recidivism in Seattle, WA

Single-failure survival models are commonly used in injury research. We aimed to demonstrate the application of multiple failure survival models in injury research by measuring the association between arrest a...

Authors: Vivian H. Lyons, Mary A. Kernic, Ali Rowhani-Rahbar, Victoria L. Holt and Marco Carone

Mothers’ perception of childhood injuries, child supervision and care practices for children 0–5 years in a peri-urban area in Central Uganda; implications for prevention of childhood injuries

Injuries are a major concern in childhood. They are especially associated with high morbidity, disability and death in low-income countries. This study aimed at describing mothers’ perceptions, child supervisi...

Authors: Godfrey Siu, Anthony Batte, Brenda Tibingana, Kennedy Otwombe, Richard Sekiwunga and Nino Paichadze

Novel use of syndromic surveillance to monitor the impact of synthetic cannabinoid control measures on morbidity

Using data from syndromic surveillance, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) identified an increase in the number of emergency department (ED) visits related to synthetic cannabino...

Authors: Michelle L. Nolan, Amy Ehntholt, Thomas Merrill, Don Weiss, Ramona Lall and Denise Paone

Trends in benzodiazepine anxiolytics and z-hypnotics use among French drivers involved in road traffic crashes from 2005 to 2015: a responsibility case-control study

In France, benzodiazepine anxiolytics and z-hypnotics (zolpidem and zopiclone) account for the largest share of road traffic crash risk attributable to exposure to prescription drugs. The aim of this study was...

Authors: Ludivine Orriols, Gwladys Nadia Gbaguidi, Benjamin Contrand, Blandine Gadegbeku and Emmanuel Lagarde

Public health application of predictive modeling: an example from farm vehicle crashes

The goal of predictive modelling is to identify the likelihood of future events, such as the predictive modelling used in climate science to forecast weather patterns and significant weather occurrences. In pu...

Authors: Shabbar I. Ranapurwala, Joseph E. Cavanaugh, Tracy Young, Hongqian Wu, Corinne Peek-Asa and Marizen R. Ramirez

The association of material deprivation component measures with injury hospital separations in British Columbia, Canada

This study examines social disparities across neighbourhood levels of income, education and employment in relation to overall injury hospital separations in the province of British Columbia, Canada. Further, t...

Authors: Fahra Rajabali, Alex Zheng, Kate Turcotte, Li Rita Zhang, Diana Kao, Drona Rasali, Megan Oakey and Ian Pike

Public knowledge, attitudes and practices of vehicle submersion incidents: a pilot study

Vehicle submersions account for up to 10% of all drownings in high-income countries. Reports indicate that occupants may be conscious and functional, but possibly making incorrect decisions for self-rescue lea...

Authors: Gerren K. McDonald, Cheryl A. Moser and Gordon G. Giesbrecht

Does a full-face helmet effectively protect against facial injuries?

The effectiveness of helmet use in preventing or reducing the severity of head injuries has been largely demonstrated. However, the effectiveness of different types of helmets in reducing facial or non-facial ...

Authors: Dan Wu, Marine Dufournet and Jean-Louis Martin

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Authors: Lois K. Lee

As easy as ABC: evaluation of safe sleep initiative on safe sleep compliance in a freestanding pediatric hospital

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends the ABCs of safe infant sleep (alone, back, clear crib) to combat the increasing rates of Sudden Unexplained Infant Death (SUID). It is unclear if these reco...

Authors: Traci Leong, Manon Billaud, Maneesha Agarwal, Terri Miller, Terri McFadden, Jonathan Johnson and Sarah Gard Lazarus

Modifiable sleep-related risk factors in infant deaths in Cook County, Illinois

Each year, approximately 3500 infants in the United States die from sleep-related deaths. The number of sleep-related infant deaths has decreased overall since the 1990s, but disparities in sleep-related death...

Authors: Anna Briker, Suzanne McLone, Maryann Mason, Nana Matoba and Karen Sheehan

Trends of ED visits, admissions, and deaths for pediatric traumatic brain injury comparing sport and non-sport mechanisms

Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) in children result in significant morbidity and mortality. There are many mechanisms, both sport and non-sport related, which cause these injuries. Studies have reported that Eme...

Authors: Holly R. Hanson, Michael A. Gittelman and Wendy J. Pomerantz