Peer-Reviewed Publications
After the injury: initial evaluation of a web-based intervention for parents of injured children." Health Educ Res. 2011;26(1):1-12.
"Child coping and parent coping assistance during the peritrauma period in injured children." Fam Syst Health. 2011;29(4):279-90.
"Community violence exposure and positive youth development in urban youth." J Community Health. 2011;36(6):925-32.
"A pilot randomized controlled trial assessing secondary prevention of traumatic stress integrated into pediatric trauma care." J Trauma Stress. 2011;24(3):252-9.
"The Child Stress Disorders Checklist-Short Form: a four-item scale of traumatic stress symptoms in children." Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2010;32(3):321-7.
"Posttraumatic stress disorder symptom structure in injured children: functional impairment and depression symptoms in a confirmatory factor analysis." J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2010;49(6):616-25, 625.e1-4.
"Youth's Strategies for Staying Safe and Coping with the Stress of Living in Violent Communities." J Community Psychol. 2010;38(7):874-885.
"Acute stress disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder in parents of injured children." J Trauma Stress. 2009;22(4):294-302.
"The Acute Stress Checklist for Children (ASC-Kids): development of a child self-report measure." J Trauma Stress. 2006;19(1):129-39.
"An integrative model of pediatric medical traumatic stress." J Pediatr Psychol. 2006;31(4):343-55.
"Introduction to the special issue: Posttraumatic stress related to pediatric illness and injury." J Pediatr Psychol. 2006;31(4):337-42.
"Parent-child agreement regarding children's acute stress: the role of parent acute stress reactions." J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2006;45(12):1485-93.
"Acute traumatic stress symptoms in child occupants and their parent drivers after crash involvement." Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2005;159(11):1074-9.
"Adolescent decisional autonomy regarding participation in an emergency department youth violence interview." Am J Bioeth. 2005;5(5):70-4; discussion W14.
"Heart rate and posttraumatic stress in injured children." Arch. Gen. Psychiatry. 2005;62(3):335-40.
"Assessment of pain after injury in the pediatric patient: child and parent perceptions." J. Pediatr. Surg.. 2004;39(6):979-83; discussion 979-83.
"Predicting child PTSD: the relationship between acute stress disorder and PTSD in injured children." J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2004;43(4):403-11.
"Posttraumatic stress disorder and injury." Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine. 2003;4(2):148-155.
"Screening for risk of persistent posttraumatic stress in injured children and their parents." JAMA. 2003;290(5):643-9.
"Barriers to booster seat use and strategies to increase their use." Pediatrics. 2002;110(4):729-36.
"Persistence of posttraumatic stress in violently injured youth seen in the emergency department." Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2002;156(8):836-40.
"Emergency department evaluation of acute stress disorder symptoms in violently injured youths." Ann Emerg Med. 2001;38(4):391-6.
"Mental health aspects of emergency medical services for children: summary of a consensus conference." J Pediatr Psychol. 2001;26(8):491-502.
"The premature graduation of children from child restraints to vehicle seat belts. United States Government Printing Office: Traffic Tech; 2001.
Looking beyond the physical injury: posttraumatic stress disorder in children and parents after pediatric traffic injury." Pediatrics. 1999;104(6):1293-9.
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