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Lipid screening in children and adolescentsDavid C Grossman
Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, WA 98112 USA
Pediatr Ann 37:757-62. 2008..This should not prevent the pediatric community from aggressive promotion of healthy lifestyles, both in the office and through effective public policy...
The anatomy of a US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation: lipid screening for children and adolescentsDavid C Grossman
Group Health Research Institute, 1730 Minor Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 165:205-10. 2011..We discuss the contrasting approach to the development of this guideline. The use of a standardized method to develop clinical guidelines promotes trust and credibility among patients and clinicians...
Gun storage practices and risk of youth suicide and unintentional firearm injuriesDavid C Grossman
Department of Health Services, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
JAMA 293:707-14. 2005..The association of these firearm storage practices with the reduction of firearm injury risk is unclear...
Evaluation of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 Item for detecting major depression among adolescentsLaura P Richardson
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
Pediatrics 126:1117-23. 2010..The purpose of this study was to examine the performance characteristics and validity of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 Item (PHQ-9) as a screening tool for depression among adolescents...
Adolescents with suicidal ideation: health care use and functioningCarolyn A McCarty
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 98145, USA
Acad Pediatr 11:422-6. 2011....
Comprehensive smoke alarm coverage in lower economic status homes: alarm presence, functionality, and placementElanor A Sidman
Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, 325 Ninth Avenue, Box 359960, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
J Community Health 36:525-33. 2011..Strategies for maintaining smoke alarms in functional condition and improving compliance with placement recommendations are necessary to achieve universal coverage, and will benefit the majority of households...
The effect of air bags on pregnancy outcomes in Washington State: 2002-2005Melissa A Schiff
Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, Seattle, Washington 98104, USA
Obstet Gynecol 115:85-92. 2010..To estimate whether air-bag deployment is associated with an increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes...
Psychiatric risk factors associated with postpartum suicide attempt in Washington State, 1992-2001Katherine A Comtois
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 199:120.e1-5. 2008..The purpose of this study was to evaluate preexisting psychiatric risk factors for postpartum suicide attempts resulting in hospitalization...
Evaluation of a community-based handgun safe-storage campaignElanor A Sidman
Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Pediatrics 115:e654-61. 2005....
Depressive symptoms in adolescence: the association with multiple health risk behaviorsWayne Katon
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195 6560, USA
Gen Hosp Psychiatry 32:233-9. 2010....
Insurance coverage and incentives for weight loss among adults with metabolic syndromeDavid Arterburn
Group Health Center for Health Studies, Seattle, Washington, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 16:70-6. 2008..To describe how insured adults with metabolic syndrome respond to various options for insurance coverage and financial incentives for weight management...
Adverse perinatal outcomes and risk for postpartum suicide attempt in Washington state, 1987-2001Melissa A Schiff
Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98104, USA
Pediatrics 118:e669-75. 2006..Our objectives were to determine the temporal risk period for these events and to assess whether maternal complications and adverse infant outcomes are associated with risk for postpartum suicide attempt...
Antilock brakes and the risk of driver injury in a crash: a case-control studyPeter Cummings
Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center and the Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Accid Anal Prev 39:995-1000. 2007..06 (95% confidence interval, 0.95-1.17), compared with a vehicle without antilock brakes. If this estimated association is causal, antilock brakes do not prevent crash-related driver injuries...
Case study of linking dental and medical healthcare recordsMary Kay Theis
Group Health Center for Health Studies, 1730 Minor Ave, Ste 1600, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
Am J Manag Care 16:e51-6. 2010..To link the administrative data of a large dental carrier and an integrated health plan in Washington State to conduct an observational study of diabetes and periodontal disease...
Medical home access and health care use and expenditures among children with special health care needsMelissa A Romaire
Department of Health Services, School of Public Health, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific St, PO Box 357660, Seattle, WA 98195 7660
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 166:323-30. 2012..To test associations between having a medical home and health services use and expenditures among US children with special health care needs (CSHCN)...
Evaluation of the PHQ-2 as a brief screen for detecting major depression among adolescentsLaura P Richardson
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
Pediatrics 125:e1097-103. 2010..To examine the validity of the Patient Health Questionnaire 2 (PHQ-2), a 2-item depression-screening scale, among adolescents...
Delivering preventive oral health services in pediatric primary care: a case studyDianne Riter
Washington Dental Service Foundation WDSF, Seattle, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 27:1728-32. 2008..This paper describes systemic and policy changes for engaging primary care providers in oral health, including provider training, expanding access to dental care, and reimbursement...
Health care use and expenditures associated with access to the medical home for children and youthMelissa A Romaire
Department of Health Services, School of Public Health, University of Washington Group Health Research Institute Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Med Care 50:262-9. 2012..The pediatric medical home is an approach to the delivery of family-centered health care. Policy-makers and payers are interested in potential changes to health care utilization and expenditures under this model...
Association between traumatic injury and psychiatric disorders and medication prescription to youths aged 10-19Douglas F Zatzick
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington Harborview Medical Center, 325 9th Ave, Seattle, WA 98104 2499, USA
Psychiatr Serv 62:264-71. 2011..Few clinical epidemiologic investigations have assessed whether youths exposed to a traumatic injury demonstrate elevations in the full spectrum of provider-recognized psychiatric disorders compared with unexposed, noninjured youths...
Biopsy follow-up of prostate-specific antigen testsSteven B Zeliadt
Health Services Research and Development Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Seattle, Washington 98101, USA
Am J Prev Med 42:37-43. 2012....
Improvement in the diagnostic evaluation of a positive fecal occult blood test in an integrated health care organizationDiana L Miglioretti
Group Health Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, Washington 98101, USA
Med Care 46:S91-6. 2008....
Trends in perinatal and infant health disparities between rural American Indians and Alaska natives and rural WhitesLaura Mae Baldwin
Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 4982, USA
Am J Public Health 99:638-46. 2009..We examined disparities in perinatal care, birth outcomes, and infant health between rural American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) persons and rural Whites over time...
The new car assessment program: does it predict the relative safety of vehicles in actual crashes?Ram Nirula
Department of Surgery, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
J Trauma 57:779-86. 2004..We therefore sought to determine whether HIC and CGS accurately predict TBI and STI in actual crashes, and compared the NCAP five-star rating system to the rates of TBI and/or STI in actual MVCs...
The relationship between body weight and risk of death and serious injury in motor vehicle crashesCharles N Mock
Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
Accid Anal Prev 34:221-8. 2002..However, it is possibly also due to an increased severity of injury in these occupants. These findings may have implications for vehicle safety design, as well as for transport safety policy...
Transient elevation in risk of injury in siblings following injury encountersBrian D Johnston
Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
J Pediatr 142:79-83. 2003..54-2.47). CONCLUSIONS: Injury risk is shared within sibling groups and varies according to recent sibling injury experience. Clinical encounters for injury care might be used to identify sibling groups at increased injury risk...
Crash proof kids? An overview of current motor vehicle child occupant safety strategiesBeth E Ebel
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Curr Probl Pediatr Adolesc Health Care 33:38-55. 2003
Pediatricians' reported practices regarding early education and Head Start referralMichael Silverstein
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, USA
Pediatrics 111:1351-7. 2003..Early learning programs have proven benefits for impoverished children; Head Start is the most widespread of such programs. The current involvement of pediatricians in the Head Start enrollment process is unknown...
The effect of interfacility transfer on outcome in an urban trauma systemAvery B Nathens
Division of General and Trauma Surgery, Harborview Medical Center, and Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, 98104 2499, USA
J Trauma 55:444-9. 2003..We set out to evaluate whether patients initially assessed at these centers and then transferred to a Level I facility were adversely affected by delays to definitive care...
Hormone-containing hair product use in prepubertal childrenSu-Ting T Li
Child Health Institute, 146 N Canal St, Suite 300, Seattle, WA 98103-8552, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 156:85-6. 2002
Effects and costs of requiring child-restraint systems for young children traveling on commercial airplanesThomas B Newman
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, 94143, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 157:969-74. 2003..The US Federal Aviation Administration is planning a new regulation requiring children younger than 2 years to ride in approved child-restraint seats on airplanes...
Effect of a clinic-based referral system to head start: a randomized controlled trialMichael Silverstein
Department of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Mass 02118, USA
JAMA 292:968-71. 2004..Early childhood development programs such as Head Start have proven benefits for impoverished children. However, few physicians assist families with enrollment...
Medicaid acceptance and availability of timely follow-up for newborns with MedicaidAlison A Galbraith
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Pediatrics 116:1148-54. 2005....
