research tools and methods

New Research Points to Factors Involved in Pediatric PTS

Read more about new CIRP@CHOP research showing how children cope with an injury and potential ways to prevent posttraumatic stress.

Child Traumatic Stress

Child, Parenting, and Healthcare Provider Issues

Injury Recovery

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Posttraumatic stress, pediatric trauma care, clinical practice, research tools and methods

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Working Toward a Web-Based Intervention to Reduce Adolescent Driver Inattention

Learn about research being conducted at CHOP to help reduce teen driver distraction that was recently published in the Journal of School Nursing.

Teen Driver Safety

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teen passengers, distracted driving, research tools and methods

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Transforming Stories Into Actionable Data

Janice Bonsu, a recent graduate of UPenn's MPH program, shares her experience working with CIRP's Dr. Allison Curry and Eve Weiss in the area of exploring the experiences of healthcare professionals who provide driving rehabilitation services to adolescents with autism.

Teen Driver Safety

Training Opportunities

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undergraduate internships, developmental disabilities, research tools and methods

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New Home for CIRP Driving Simulator

The CIRP Driving Simulator Core has new features and a new home at the Roberts Center for Pediatric Research in Philadelphia.

Teen Driver Safety

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research tools and methods, autonomous vehicles, simulator

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A New Research Tool to Predict Young Driver Behavior

Today we are pleased to welcome a guest blog post from Santiago Ontañón, PhD, a research scientist and assistant professor at the College of Computing and Informatics at Drexel University. Dr. Ontañón led a study, “Learning to Predict Driver Behavior from Observation,” and recently presented on the findings at the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) Spring Symposia on Learning from Observation of Humans at Stanford University.

CChIPS

Teen Driver Safety

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research tools and methods, crash risk

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Alcohol Policy Scale: A Novel Tool for Studying Alcohol Effect on Youth Crash Fatalities

A recent study taps useful research tools and data sources to shed light on the importance of strong state alcohol policies in preventing young people from dying in alcohol-related crashes.

Public Policy

Teen Driver Safety

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research tools and methods, impaired driving, crash risk

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‘Tis the Season to Thank Our Research Volunteers

Research participation is volunteerism! CHOP researchers deeply appreciate the contribution of families that chose to participate in studies, leading to breakthroughs and innovation daily.

Child, Parenting, and Healthcare Provider Issues

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research tools and methods

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New Brief Screening Tools for Posttraumatic Stress

Read about new CIRP@CHOP research about a tool that can help busy clinicians, school nurses, and others seeing in service settings screen for posttraumatic stress in children.

Child Traumatic Stress

Child, Parenting, and Healthcare Provider Issues

Injury Recovery

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pediatric trauma care, clinical practice, research tools and methods, Spanish

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Validating Electronic Health Records for Injury Prevention Research

Read about a new CHOP study published in the Journal of Attention Disorders that validated an electronic health record (EHR)–based algorithm to classify the ADHD status of pediatric patients, which is part of a larger retrospective cohort study that aims to examine the association between ADHD and driving outcomes among adolescents.

Teen Driver Safety

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research tools and methods, ADHD, developmental disabilities

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