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Risk of injury from alcohol and drug use in the emergency department: a case-crossover studyCheryl J Cherpitel
Alcohol Research Group, Emeryville, USA
Drug Alcohol Rev 31:431-8. 2012..This study examined the risk of injury associated with alcohol and drug use prior to the event...- Multi-level analysis of alcohol-related injury and drinking pattern: emergency department data from 19 countriesCheryl J Cherpitel
Alcohol Research Group, 6475 Christie Avenue, Emeryville, CA 94608, USA
Addiction 107:1263-72. 2012..The stronger the anti-alcohol policies in a country, the lower the rates of alcohol-related injury... - Trends in alcohol- and drug-related emergency department and primary care visits: data from four U.S. national surveys (1995-2010)Cheryl J Cherpitel
Alcohol Research Group, Emeryville, CA 94608, USA
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 73:454-8. 2012..The purpose of this study was to update trends in alcohol- and drug-related emergency department and primary care visits over the last 15 years in the United States... - Attribution of alcohol to violence-related injury: self and other's drinking in the eventCheryl J Cherpitel
Alcohol Research Group, Emeryville, California 94608, USA
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 73:277-84. 2012..Alcohol can result in harm (including injury) not only to the drinker but also to others; however, little research exists on the additional proportion of violence-related injuries that can be attributed to the perpetrator... 
The effect of alcohol consumption on emergency department services use among injured patients: A cross-national emergency room studyCheryl J Cherpitel
Alcohol Research Group, 6475 Christie Avenue, Emeryville, California 94608, USA
J Stud Alcohol 67:890-7. 2006..S. studies. The purpose of this article was to explore the association of alcohol use and ED services use among injured patients cross-nationally...- Risk of injury: a case-crossover analysis of injured emergency service patients in polandCheryl J Cherpitel
Public Health Institute, Alcohol Research Group, Berkeley, CA 94709, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 29:2181-7. 2005..Substantial fluctuations in alcohol-related mortality followed and burden on health services increased, but data on risk of injury from alcohol consumption are relatively scarce.. - Multi-level analysis of alcohol-related injury among emergency department patients: a cross-national studyCheryl J Cherpitel
Acohol Research Group, Berkeley, CA 94709, USA
Addiction 100:1840-50. 2005.... - Alcohol-related injury and driving while intoxicated: a risk function analysis of two alcohol-related events in the 2000 and 2005 National Alcohol SurveysCheryl J Cherpitel
Alcohol Research Group, Public Health Institute, Emeryville, California 94608, USA
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 36:168-74. 2010..National population data on risk of alcohol-related injury or driving while intoxicated (DWI) are scarce... - Clinical assessment compared with breathalyser readings in the emergency room: concordance of ICD-10 Y90 and Y91 codesC Cherpitel
Alcohol Research Group, Berkeley, CA 94709, USA
Emerg Med J 22:689-95. 2005.... - Cross-national performance of the RAPS4/RAPS4-QF for tolerance and heavy drinking: data from 13 countriesCheryl J Cherpitel
Alcohol Research Group, 2000 Hearst Avenue, Berkeley, California 94709, USA
J Stud Alcohol 66:428-32. 2005..There are little data available on the performance of brief screening instruments for alcohol-use disorders cross-nationally; therefore, we analyzed the performance of one such instrument in a number of countries... - Trends in alcohol- and drug-related ER and primary care visits, 1995-2000: are Healthy People 2000 objectives met?Cheryl J Cherpitel
Public Health Institute, Alcohol Research Group, Berkeley, CA 94709, USA
Am J Addict 14:281-90. 2005..The data suggest Healthy People 2000 objectives were not met and in fact may be related to an increase in drug abuse among those seeking any kind of health services treatment, but not to an increase in drug use in general... - Validity of self-reported drinking before injury compared with a physiological measure: cross-national analysis of emergency-department data from 16 countriesCheryl J Cherpitel
Alcohol Research Group, 6475 Christie Avenue, Emeryville, California 94608, USA
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 68:296-302. 2007..Both of these issues are explored in this article... - Comorbidity for alcohol use disorders and drug use in mexican-origin groups: comparison of data from national alcohol surveys in the U.S. And MexicoCheryl J Cherpitel
Alcohol Research Group, Emeryville, California 94608, USA
Subst Use Misuse 42:1685-703. 2007.... - Drug use and problem drinking associated with primary care and emergency room utilization in the US general population: data from the 2005 national alcohol surveyCheryl J Cherpitel
Alcohol Research Group, 6475 Christie Avenue, Suite 400, Emeryville, CA 94608, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 97:226-30. 2008.... - Alcohol-attributable fraction for injury in the U.S. general population: data from the 2005 National Alcohol SurveyCheryl J Cherpitel
Alcohol Research Group, 6475 Christie Avenue, Suite 400, Emeryville, California 94608, USA
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 69:535-8. 2008.... - Trends in alcohol- and drug-related ED and primary care visits: data from three US National Surveys (1995-2005)Cheryl J Cherpitel
Alcohol Research Group, Emeryville, California 94608, USA
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 34:576-83. 2008..To evaluate trends in alcohol- and drug-related emergency department (ED) and primary care visits over the previous decade... - Alcohol and injury in the United States general population: a risk function analysis from the 2005 National Alcohol SurveyCheryl J Cherpitel
Alcohol Research Group, Emeryville, California 94608, USA
Am J Addict 18:29-35. 2009.... - Screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) in a Polish emergency department: three-month outcomes of a randomized, controlled clinical trialCheryl J Cherpitel
Alcohol Research Group, Emeryville, CA 94608 1010, USA
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 70:982-90. 2009.... - Screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT): 12-month outcomes of a randomized controlled clinical trial in a Polish emergency departmentCheryl J Cherpitel
Alcohol Research Group, 6475 Christie Avenue, Suite 400, Emeryville, California, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 34:1922-8. 2010.... - Performance of a craving criterion in DSM alcohol use disordersCheryl J Cherpitel
Alcohol Research Group, 6475 Christie Avenue, Suite 400, Emeryville, California 94608, USA
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 71:674-84. 2010.... - Screening for alcohol problems in two emergency service samples in Poland: comparison of the RAPS4, CAGE and AUDITCheryl J Cherpitel
Public Health Institute, Alcohol Research Group, 2000 Hearst Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94709, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 80:201-7. 2005..Additional cross-cultural research is needed to evaluate the performance of instruments, especially among females with alcohol use disorders... - Alcohol and injury: a risk function analysis from the Emergency Room Collaborative Alcohol Analysis Project (ERCAAP)Cheryl J Cherpitel
Public Health Institute, Alcohol Research Group, Berkeley, Calif, USA
Eur Addict Res 12:42-52. 2006..Risk may be culturally specific, dependent, in part, on the manner in which alcohol is used in the culture... - Drinking patterns and problems: a comparison of two black primary care samples in two regionsC J Cherpitel
Public Health Institute, Alcohol Research Group, Berkeley, California 94709, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 23:523-7. 1999.... - Changes in substance use associated with emergency room and primary care services utilization in the United States general population: 1995-2000Cheryl J Cherpitel
Alcohol Research Group, Public Health Institute, Berkeley, California 94709, USA
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 29:789-802. 2003..S. general population... - The causal attribution of injury to alcohol consumption: a cross-national meta-analysis from the emergency room collaborative alcohol analysis projectCheryl J Cherpitel
Public Health Institute, Alcohol Research Group, Berkeley, California 94709, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 27:1805-12. 2003..Whereas a substantial literature exists documenting the association of alcohol and injuries, causal associations are less well established... - Screening for alcohol problems: comparison of the audit, RAPS4 and RAPS4-QF among African American and Hispanic patients in an inner city emergency departmentCheryl J Cherpitel
Public Health Institute, Alcohol Research Group, 2000 Hearst Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94709, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 71:275-80. 2003.... - A cross-national meta-analysis of alcohol and injury: data from the Emergency Room Collaborative Alcohol Analysis Project (ERCAAP)Cheryl J Cherpitel
Public Health Institute, Alcohol Research Group, Berkeley, CA 94709, USA
Addiction 98:1277-86. 2003..To examine the relationship of acute alcohol consumption with an injury compared to a non-injury event in the emergency room across ERs in five countries... - Drinking patterns and problems in emergency services in PolandCheryl J Cherpitel
Public Health Institute, Alcohol Research Group, 2000 Hearst Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94709, USA
Alcohol Alcohol 39:256-61. 2004..To examine drinking patterns and problems in emergency services in Poland, where both alcohol consumption and the health care system have undergone enormous recent change... - Screening for alcohol problems in the U.S. general population: comparison of the CAGE, RAPS4, and RAPS4-QF by gender, ethnicity, and service utilization. Rapid Alcohol Problems ScreenCheryl J Cherpitel
Public Health Institute, Alcohol Research Group, Berkeley, California 94709, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 26:1686-91. 2002..S. adult household population by gender, ethnicity, and service utilization (emergency room and primary care) in the last year... - Drinking in the injury event: a comparison of Mexican-American male ER patients in the United States and in MexicoCheryl J Cherpitel
Public Health Institute, Alcohol Research Group, Berkeley, California, USA
Subst Use Misuse 37:133-43. 2002..Site (Santa Clara) was found to be a significant (positive) predictor of drinking prior to injury... - Differences in services utilization between white and Mexican American DUI arresteesC J Cherpitel
Public Health Institute, Alcohol Research Group, Berkeley, California 94709, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 25:122-7. 2001..Hispanics traditionally have been considered an underserved population in relation to medical care and related services utilization... - Screening for drug use disorders in the emergency department: performance of the rapid drug problems screen (RDPS)Cheryl J Cherpitel
Alcohol Research Group, Public Health Institute, 2000 Hearst Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94709, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 74:171-5. 2004.... - Alcohol and injury: multi-level analysis from the emergency room collaborative alcohol analysis project (ERCAAP)Cheryl J Cherpitel
Public Health Institute, Alcohol Research Group, 2000 Hearst Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94709, USA
Alcohol Alcohol 39:552-8. 2004..To analyze the relationship between individual-level characteristics and site-level contextual variables on the association of acute alcohol use and injury... - Attributable risk of injury associated with alcohol use: cross-national data from the emergency room collaborative alcohol analysis projectCheryl J Cherpitel
Alcohol Research Group, 2000 Hearst Ave, Berkeley, CA 94709, USA
Am J Public Health 95:266-72. 2005..We sought to determine gender- and age-specific attributable risks of all-cause and violence-related injuries associated with alcohol use... - Acute alcohol use and suicidal behavior: a review of the literatureCheryl J Cherpitel
Alcohol Research Group, Berkeley, California, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 28:18S-28S. 2004..Both acute and chronic use of alcohol are associated with suicidal behavior. However, the differing relationship of each component of alcohol use and possible causal mechanisms remain unclear... - Alcohol-related injury in the ER: a cross-national meta-analysis from the Emergency Room Collaborative Alcohol Analysis Project (ERCAAP)Cheryl J Cherpitel
Public Health Institute, Alcohol Research Group, 2000 Hearst Avenue, Berkeley, California 94709, USA
J Stud Alcohol 64:641-9. 2003..CONCLUSIONS: Whereas quantity and frequency of drinking were both found to be highly predictive of an alcohol-related injury, sociocultural variables may affect observed associations of heavy drinking with an alcohol-related injury... - Substance use among emergency room patients: an exploratory analysis by ethnicity and acculturationCheryl J Cherpitel
Public Health Institute, Alcohol Research Group, Berkeley, California, USA
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 28:287-305. 2002..While substantial literature exists on the role of alcohol in injury occurrence, little is known about other substance use or abuse and injury, or drug use among the alcohol involved at the time of the emergency room (ER) visit... - DUI recidivism: a comparison of Mexican Americans and whites in a northern California countyCheryl J Cherpitel
Alcohol Research Group, Public Health Institute, 2000 Hearst Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94709, USA
Addict Behav 28:963-9. 2003..Demographic and DUI conviction characteristics associated with DUI recidivism are analyzed among Mexican American and white DUI offenders in a Northern California county... - The relationship between self-reported drinking and BAC level in emergency room injury cases: is it a straight line?Jason Bond
Alcohol Research Group, Emeryville, California 94608, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 34:1118-25. 2010..Such data would be useful in establishing a dose-response relationship between drinking and risk (e.g., of injury) in those studies for which the number of drinks consumed is not available but BAC is... - Multi-level analysis of causal attribution of injury to alcohol and modifying effects: Data from two international emergency room projectsCheryl J Cherpitel
Alcohol Research Group, 2000 Hearst Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94709, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 82:258-68. 2006..These findings have important implications for brief intervention in the ER if motivation to change drinking behavior is greater among those attributing a causal association of their drinking with injury... - Correlates of injury among ED visits: effects of alcohol, risk perception, impulsivity, and sensation seeking behaviorsShahrzad Bazargan-Hejazi
Department of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, California, USA
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 33:101-8. 2007..10)] while problem drinking and personality factors were unrelated to injury. Other significant predictors were gender and age. Findings suggest a need for alcohol screening for patients who check themselves into the ED due to injury... - Measuring accuracy of self-reported vehicular offences and blood alcohol concentration levels among whites and Mexican Americans mandated to drinking driver programsJason Bond
Public Health Institute, Alcohol Research Group, 2000 Hearst Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94709, USA
Addict Behav 29:1163-9. 2004..Differences in self-reported rates of drinking and driving compared to official statistics have been found for Hispanics compared to whites, and is thought to be related to underreporting among Hispanics... - Alcohol and injuries: a review of international emergency room studies since 1995Cheryl J Cherpitel
Public Health Institute, Alcohol Research Group, Emeryville, CA 94608, USA
Drug Alcohol Rev 26:201-14. 2007..In-depth patient interviews may also be useful for a better understanding of drinking in the injury event and associated circumstances... 
Performance of screening instruments for alcohol use disorders in emergency department patients in ArgentinaMariana Cremonte
Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Mar del Plata, Argentina
Subst Use Misuse 43:125-38. 2008..Findings suggest the RAPS4 and RAPS4-QF may be preferred when screening for alcohol use disorders in the emergency department in Argentina. The study's limitations are noted...- Alcohol-related injury and the emergency department: research and policy questions for the next decadeCheryl J Cherpitel
Addiction 101:1225-7. 2006 - The criteria for causation of alcohol in violent injuries based on emergency room data from six countriesScott MacDonald
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Western Ontario, Suite 200, 100 Collip Circle, London, ON, Canada N6G 4X8
Addict Behav 30:103-13. 2005..A significant dose-response relationship between BAC level and violence was also found. All analyses conducted point to a causal role of alcohol in injuries related to violence... - The risk of intentional injury with acute and chronic alcohol exposures: a case-control and case-crossover studyDaniel C Vinson
Department of Family and Community Medicine, M231 Health Sciences, University of Missouri Columbia, Columbia, Missouri 65212, USA
J Stud Alcohol 64:350-7. 2003..The study aimed to clarify the relative contributions of drinking over a few hours and of alcohol use disorders to the risk of intentional injury inflicted by another person... - Emergency room injury presentations as an indicator of alcohol-related problems in the community: a multilevel analysis of an international studyDeidra J Young
National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia
J Stud Alcohol 65:605-12. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: Frequency of nighttime injury presentations to ER facilities, particularly by men, can be used as a reliable surrogate measure of alcohol-related injuries for various epidemiological and evaluation purposes... - A case-crossover study of acute alcohol use and suicide attemptGuilherme Borges
Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatria and Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana Xochimilco, Col San Lorenzo Huipulco CP 14370, Mexico DF, Mexico
J Stud Alcohol 65:708-14. 2004..We report a study on the impact of acute alcohol use on suicide attempts treated in the emergency room (ER) using the case-crossover design... - Variations of alcohol impairment in different types, causes and contexts of injuries: results of emergency room studies from 16 countriesScott MacDonald
Centre for Addictions Research of BC and School of Health Information Science, University of Victoria, BC STN CSC, Vic BC, Canada, V8W 2Y2
Accid Anal Prev 38:1107-12. 2006..The purpose of this paper is to document alcohol impairment (based on a blood alcohol content (BAC) of at least 80 mg%) for different types, causes and location contexts of injuries... - Acute alcohol use and the risk of non-fatal injury in sixteen countriesGuilherme Borges
National Institute of Psychiatry Mexico and Metropolitan Autonomous University, Mexico City, Mexico
Addiction 101:993-1002. 2006..To determine the relative risk (RR) of non-fatal injury associated with alcohol consumption in a series of emergency departments (EDs), possible effect modifiers and the impact of contextual variables on differences across sites... - Results of two emergency room studiesJacek Moskalewicz
Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Warsaw, Poland
Eur Addict Res 12:169-75. 2006..The risk of injury tended to decline with age, being more than two times lower for men over 50 years old, and was 2.4 times higher for those with an annual consumption of 12+ liters of pure alcohol...
Research Grants
- Cross-National Analysis of Alcohol & InjuryCheryl J Cherpitel; Fiscal Year: 2010..This research is important for the ongoing work on Comparative Risk Assessment, resulting from the World Health Assembly 2005 Resolution on Alcohol in determining the Global Burden of Disease related to alcohol. ..
- Cross-National Analysis of Alcohol & InjuryCheryl Cherpitel; Fiscal Year: 2009..This research is important for the ongoing work on Comparative Risk Assessment, resulting from the World Health Assembly 2005 Resolution on Alcohol in determining the Global Burden of Disease related to alcohol. ..
- Screening and Brief Intervention in the ED among Mexican-origin Young AdultsRobert H Woolard; Fiscal Year: 2010....
- Epidemiology of Drinking and Disorders in Border vs. Non-Border ContextsCheryl Cherpitel; Fiscal Year: 2009..Findings from this study will inform policy development, prevention, and treatment interventions addressing these issues. ..
- Cross-National Analysis of Alcohol & InjuryCheryl Cherpitel; Fiscal Year: 2009..This research is important for the ongoing work on Comparative Risk Assessment, resulting from the World Health Assembly 2005 Resolution on Alcohol in determining the Global Burden of Disease related to alcohol. ..
- Brief Intervention in the ER in PolandCheryl Cherpitel; Fiscal Year: 2007....
- Alcohol and Injury: New Knowledge from ER StudiesCheryl Cherpitel; Fiscal Year: 2005....
- Cross-National Analysis of Alcohol and InjuryCheryl Cherpitel; Fiscal Year: 2004..S., since the U.S. is composed of many micro-cultures which reflect the socio- cultural and organizational/administrative contextual variables dominating many of the countries in which these data were collected. ..
- ALCOHOL AND INJURY IN EMERGENCY ROOMS IN POLANDCheryl Cherpitel; Fiscal Year: 2003....
- Epidemiology of Drinking and Disorders in Border vs. Non-Border ContextsCHERYL J contact CHERPITEL; Fiscal Year: 2010..Findings from this study will inform policy development, prevention, and treatment interventions addressing these issues. ..