Research In Action

Read abstracts of recent peer-reviewed research studies conducted by members of the Center for Injury Research and Prevention and the Center for Violence Prevention at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Child Occupant Protection

Myers R, Lombardi L, Pfeiffer M, et al. Restraint Use Characteristics Among Crash-Involved Child Passengers: Identifying Opportunities to Enhance Optimal Restraint Use. Traffic Injury Prevention, 2022.

Patton D, Maheshwari J, Arbogast K, et al. Head Contacts in Second-Row Pediatric Occupants When the Front-Seat Is Reclined During Automated Emergency Braking. Computer Methods In Biomechanics And Biomedical Engineering, 2022.

Slusher G, Sarfare S, Falciani C, et al. Analysis of 6YO Pediatric Human Body Model Kinematics and Kinetics to Determine Submarining Across Naturalistic Seating Postures. Traffic Injury Prevention, 2022.

Lynch D, Weaver A, Barnard R, et al. Age-Based Differences in the Disability of Spine Injuries in Pediatric and Adult Motor Vehicle Crash Occupants. Traffic Injury Prevention, 2022.

Read more about CIRP's Child Occupant Protection research.

Teen Driving Safety 

Suffoletto B, Pacella-LaBarbara M, Huber J, et al. Effectiveness of a Text Message Intervention Promoting Seat Belt Use Among Young Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Network Open, 2022.

Suffoletto B, Pacella-LaBarbara M, Huber J, et al. Effectiveness of a Text Message Intervention to Reduce Texting While Driving Among Targeted Young Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Adolescent Health, 2022.

Ryerson M, Davidson J, Wu JS, Feiglin I, Winston F. Identifying community-level disparities in access to driver education and training: Toward a definition of driver training deserts. Traffic Inj Prev. 2022 Oct 24:1-6. d

Read more about CIRP's Teen Driving Safety research.

Concussion and Brain Injury

Means M, Myers R, Master C, et al. Assault-Related Concussion in a Pediatric Population. Pediatric Emergency Care, 2022.

Fish A, Vanni J, Mohammed F, et al. Comparison of Anxiety and Depression Symptoms in Concussed and Nonconcussed Adolescents. Sports Health, 2022.

Kuo C, Patton D, Rooks T, et al. On-Field Deployment and Validation for Wearable Devices. Annals Of Biomedical Engineering, 2022.

Read more about CHOP's Minds Matter Concussion Program research.

Virtual Driving Assessment

Ward C, Walshe E, Cheng S, et al. Keep It Brief and Targeted: Driving Performance Feedback Report Features to Use with Novice Drivers. Adolescents, 2022.

Walshe E, Winston F, Ward C, et al. Magnetoencephalography During Simulated Driving: A New Paradigm For Driver Assessment. Proceedings Of The Tenth International Driving Symposium On Human Factors In Driver Assessment, Training And Vehicle Design, 2022.

Grethlein D, Pirrone V, Devine K, et al. Examining Virtual Driving Test Performance and Its Relationship to Individuals with HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorders. Frontiers In Neuroscience, 2022.

Read more about CIRP's Virtual Driving Assessment research.

Traumatic Stress

Silverstein M, Herress J, Ostrowski-Delahanty S, et al. Associations Between Parent Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms (PTSS) and Later Child PTSS: Results From An International Data Archive. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 2022.

Read more about CIRP's Traumatic Stress research.

Violence Prevention

Esposti M, Gravel J, Kaufaman E, et al. County-Level Variation in Changes in Firearm Mortality Rates Across the US, 1989 to 1993 vs 2015 to 2019. JAMA Network Open, 2022.

Felter J. Baker A, Lieberman L, Fein J, et al. Adverse Childhood Experiences and Trauma-Informed Care. Journal of Physician Assistant Education, 2022.

Lindstrom Johnson S, Jones V, Ryan L, DuBois DL, Fein J, Cheng TL. Investigating Effects of Mentoring for Youth with Assault Injuries: Results of a Randomized-Controlled Trial. Prevention Science, 2022.

Fu R, Leff S, Carroll I, et al. Racial Microaggressions and Anti-Racism: A Review of the Literature with Implications for School-Based Inverventions and School Psychologists. School Psychology Review, 2022. 

Ehrlich PF, Pulcini CD, De Souza HG, Hall M, Andrews A, Zima BT, Fein JA, et al. Mental Health Care Following Firearm and Motor Vehicle-related Injuries: Differences Impacting Our Treatment Strategies. Annals of Surgery, 2022.  

Read more about CHOP's Center for Violence Prevention research.

Traffic Medicine and Transportation Equity

Ryerson M, Davidson J, Wu JS, Feiglin I, Winston F. Identifying Community-Level Disparities in Access to Driver Education and Training: Toward a Definition of Driver Training Deserts. Traffic Injury Prevention, 2022.

Read more about CIRP's Traffic Medicine and Transportation Equity research.