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Sports injuries to high school athletes with disabilitiesMarizen Ramirez
Departments of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
Pediatrics 123:690-6. 2009..To best manage potential injuries to children with disabilities, data on sports injury patterns are needed. The purpose of this study was to measure the frequency of and risk factors for injury to high school athletes with disabilities...- Violation of school behavioral policies and its relationship with overall crimeMarizen Ramirez
Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Iowa Injury Prevention Research Center, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242 5000, USA
Ann Epidemiol 21:214-20. 2011..Following the Theory of Social Disorganization, we hypothesize that poor social control measured by violations of behavioral policies is associated with greater rates of school crime... - A comparison of school injuries between children with and without disabilitiesMarizen Ramirez
University of Iowa Injury Prevention Research Center, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242 5000, USA
Acad Pediatr 10:317-22. 2010..The aim of this study was to compare rates, nature, and mechanisms of school injuries in children with and without disabilities... - Accountability and assessment of emergency drill performance at schoolsMarizen Ramirez
Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Injury Prevention Research Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Fam Community Health 32:105-14. 2009..Sites neither conducted any self-assessments nor made changes to procedures on the basis of performance. Suggestions include developing realistic simulated exercises, debriefing, and better school accountability for drills... - Evaluation of long- and short-handled hand hoes for land preparation, developed in a participatory manner among women vegetable farmers in The GambiaLonda Vanderwal
Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
Appl Ergon 42:749-56. 2011..This study evaluated land preparation interventions (new short- and long-handled hoes), developed in a participatory manner with women vegetable farmers in West Africa, and identified indicators of long-term adoption of these interventions... - Factors affecting hospital charges and length of stay from teenage motor vehicle crash-related hospitalizations among United States teenagers, 2002-2007Corinne Peek-Asa
University of Iowa Injury Prevention Research Center, United States
Accid Anal Prev 43:595-600. 2011..These high charges and hospitalization periods pose a significant burden on teens, their families, and the health care system... - Incidence and characteristics of school bus crashes and injuriesJingzhen Yang
Department of Community and Behavioral Health, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Accid Anal Prev 41:336-41. 2009..Studies of school bus crashes have focused on the biomechanics of catastrophic collisions, with very few examining crash incidence... - Do nuisance alarms decrease functionality of smoke alarms near the kitchen? Findings from a randomised controlled trialJingzhen Yang
University of Iowa, Injury Prevention Research Center, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
Inj Prev 17:160-5. 2011..Kitchen smoke alarms are more likely to produce nuisance alarms, but few previous studies have examined the role of alarm sensor and battery types on the functionality of smoke alarms located nearest to the kitchen... - After the waters receded: a qualitative study of university officials' disaster experiences during the Great Iowa Flood of 2008Erin P Fillmore
University of Iowa Injury Prevention Research Center, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, 100 Oakdale Campus, Iowa City, IA 52242 5000, USA
J Community Health 36:307-15. 2011..Lessons learned from the Great Flood of 2008 provide the opportunity to self-assess and prepare universities for disasters in the future... - Participatory approach to identify interventions to improve the health, safety, and work productivity of smallholder women vegetable farmers in the GambiaLonda Vanderwal
Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
Int J Occup Med Environ Health 24:36-47. 2011....