Edward Bernstein

Summary

Affiliation: Boston University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Long-term follow-up after voluntary human immunodeficiency virus/sexually transmitted infection counseling, point-of-service testing, and referral to substance abuse treatment from the emergency department
    Edward Bernstein
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, MA, USA
    Acad Emerg Med 19:386-95. 2012
  2. ncbi The impact of a brief motivational intervention on unprotected sex and sex while high among drug-positive emergency department patients who receive STI/HIV VC/T and drug treatment referral as standard of care
    Edward Bernstein
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, 1 Boston Medical Center Place Dowling 1, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    AIDS Behav 16:1203-16. 2012
  3. ncbi A preliminary report of knowledge translation: lessons from taking screening and brief intervention techniques from the research setting into regional systems of care
    Edward Bernstein
    Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
    Acad Emerg Med 16:1225-33. 2009
  4. ncbi Screening and brief intervention to reduce marijuana use among youth and young adults in a pediatric emergency department
    Edward Bernstein
    Boston University School of Public Health and the Youth Alcohol Prevention Center, Boston, MA, USA
    Acad Emerg Med 16:1174-85. 2009
  5. ncbi SBIRT in emergency care settings: are we ready to take it to scale?
    Edward Bernstein
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine and the Department of Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
    Acad Emerg Med 16:1072-7. 2009
  6. ncbi Project ASSERT: an ED-based intervention to increase access to primary care, preventive services, and the substance abuse treatment system
    E Bernstein
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, MA 02118 2393, USA
    Ann Emerg Med 30:181-9. 1997
  7. ncbi An evidence based alcohol screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment (SBIRT) curriculum for emergency department (ED) providers improves skills and utilization
    Edward Bernstein
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Dowling 1 South, One Boston Medical Center Place, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    Subst Abus 28:79-92. 2007
  8. ncbi Sabbatical programs and the status of academic emergency medicine: a survey
    E Bernstein
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, MA 02118, USA
    Acad Emerg Med 6:932-8. 1999
  9. ncbi Predictors of disclosure of continued cocaine use
    Katherine Tassiopoulos
    Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health, MA 02118, USA
    Addict Behav 31:80-9. 2006
  10. ncbi Six-month follow-up of a brief intervention on self-reported safety belt use among emergency department patients
    William G Fernandez
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
    Acad Emerg Med 16:1221-4. 2009

Research Grants

  1. Brief Intervention to Reduce STDs in ER Drug Users
    Edward Bernstein; Fiscal Year: 2007
  2. ED NASD Alcohol Education Project
    Edward Bernstein; Fiscal Year: 2004
  3. RANDOMIZED TRIAL OF THE BRIEF NEGOTIATED INTERVIEW
    Edward Bernstein; Fiscal Year: 2002

Detail Information

Publications28

  1. ncbi Long-term follow-up after voluntary human immunodeficiency virus/sexually transmitted infection counseling, point-of-service testing, and referral to substance abuse treatment from the emergency department
    Edward Bernstein
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, MA, USA
    Acad Emerg Med 19:386-95. 2012
    ....
  2. ncbi The impact of a brief motivational intervention on unprotected sex and sex while high among drug-positive emergency department patients who receive STI/HIV VC/T and drug treatment referral as standard of care
    Edward Bernstein
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, 1 Boston Medical Center Place Dowling 1, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    AIDS Behav 16:1203-16. 2012
    ..Self-reported high-risk behaviors declined in both groups with no significant between-group differences in behaviors or STI/HIV incidence...
  3. ncbi A preliminary report of knowledge translation: lessons from taking screening and brief intervention techniques from the research setting into regional systems of care
    Edward Bernstein
    Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
    Acad Emerg Med 16:1225-33. 2009
    ....
  4. ncbi Screening and brief intervention to reduce marijuana use among youth and young adults in a pediatric emergency department
    Edward Bernstein
    Boston University School of Public Health and the Youth Alcohol Prevention Center, Boston, MA, USA
    Acad Emerg Med 16:1174-85. 2009
    ..The aim of this pilot study was to test whether SBI is effective in reducing marijuana consumption among youth and young adults presenting to a PED with a diverse range of clinical entities...
  5. ncbi SBIRT in emergency care settings: are we ready to take it to scale?
    Edward Bernstein
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine and the Department of Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
    Acad Emerg Med 16:1072-7. 2009
    ..b>Edward Bernstein commented on the historical developments of emergency department (ED) screening, brief intervention (BI), and ..
  6. ncbi Project ASSERT: an ED-based intervention to increase access to primary care, preventive services, and the substance abuse treatment system
    E Bernstein
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, MA 02118 2393, USA
    Ann Emerg Med 30:181-9. 1997
    ....
  7. ncbi An evidence based alcohol screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment (SBIRT) curriculum for emergency department (ED) providers improves skills and utilization
    Edward Bernstein
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Dowling 1 South, One Boston Medical Center Place, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    Subst Abus 28:79-92. 2007
    ..We describe here the implementation at 14 Academic EDs of a structured SBIRT curriculum to determine if this learning experience improves provider beliefs and practices...
  8. ncbi Sabbatical programs and the status of academic emergency medicine: a survey
    E Bernstein
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, MA 02118, USA
    Acad Emerg Med 6:932-8. 1999
    ....
  9. ncbi Predictors of disclosure of continued cocaine use
    Katherine Tassiopoulos
    Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health, MA 02118, USA
    Addict Behav 31:80-9. 2006
    ..43, 0.93). Other predictors were race, hair cocaine level, and opiates in hair. Failure to stop use after seeking treatment may result in reduced disclosure of continued use, possibly because of unwillingness to admit failure...
  10. ncbi Six-month follow-up of a brief intervention on self-reported safety belt use among emergency department patients
    William G Fernandez
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
    Acad Emerg Med 16:1221-4. 2009
    ..We previously reported that a brief intervention improved self-reported SBU among emergency department (ED) patients at 3 months. We sought to determine if these effects were sustained at 6 months postenrollment...
  11. ncbi Racial and ethnic diversity among a heroin and cocaine using population: treatment system utilization
    Edward Bernstein
    Department of Maternal and Child Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
    J Addict Dis 24:43-63. 2005
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  12. ncbi A brief motivational interview in a pediatric emergency department, plus 10-day telephone follow-up, increases attempts to quit drinking among youth and young adults who screen positive for problematic drinking
    Judith Bernstein
    Youth Alcohol Prevention Center and the Department of Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
    Acad Emerg Med 17:890-902. 2010
    ..This study tested the effectiveness of pediatric emergency department (PED) screening and brief intervention to reduce alcohol consumption and associated risks...
  13. ncbi Alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs: future directions for screening and intervention in the emergency department
    Rebecca M Cunningham
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan, School of Public Health Injury Research Center, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
    Acad Emerg Med 16:1078-88. 2009
    ..5) Translation--conduct translational and cost-effectiveness research of proven efficacious interventions, with attention to fidelity, to move ED SBIRT from research to practice...
  14. ncbi Brief motivational intervention at a clinic visit reduces cocaine and heroin use
    Judith Bernstein
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, 818 Harrison St. (Dowling 1, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    Drug Alcohol Depend 77:49-59. 2005
    ..Reductions in opiate levels were similar (29% versus 25%). CONCLUSIONS: Brief motivational intervention may help patients achieve abstinence from heroin and cocaine...
  15. ncbi Violence prevention in the emergency department: future research priorities
    Debra Houry
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Center for Injury Control, Emory University, 49 Jesse Hill Jr Drive SE, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
    Acad Emerg Med 16:1089-95. 2009
    ..The work group emphasized the critical need and role of ED-based research to impact surveillance and prevention of future violence-related injury...
  16. ncbi The timing of alcohol use and sexual initiation among a sample of Black, Hispanic, and White adolescents
    Emily F Rothman
    Boston University School of Public Health, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
    J Ethn Subst Abuse 8:129-45. 2009
    ..Compared to White males, Black males were less likely to report having had sex without using a condom or birth control after drinking in the past month and during their lifetimes...
  17. ncbi Feasibility of chronic disease patient navigation in an urban primary care practice
    Tracy A Battaglia
    Women s Health Unit, Section of General Internal Medicine, Evans Department of Medicine and Women s Health Interdisciplinary Research Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    J Ambul Care Manage 35:38-49. 2012
    ..Patients and providers responded positively. Incorporating telephone-based chronic disease navigation supported by MI into existing disease-specific navigation is efficacious and acceptable to those enrolled...
  18. ncbi Racial and ethnic differences in health and health care: lessons from an inner-city patient population actively using heroin and cocaine
    Judith Bernstein
    Department of Maternal and Child Health, Brandeis University, USA
    J Ethn Subst Abuse 5:35-50. 2006
    ..Hispanics were most likely to be diagnosed with HIV, dental disease and drug overdoses, and least likely to be injured. Only 34% of this group of drug users was identified with a diagnosis of drug abuse or dependency...
  19. ncbi Hair testing and self-report of cocaine use by heroin users
    Katherine Tassiopoulos
    Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    Addiction 99:590-7. 2004
    ..Confirmation of self-report with biochemical analysis in the medical setting may be necessary to improve both clinical care and research validity...
  20. ncbi Mechanisms of change in control group drinking in clinical trials of brief alcohol intervention: implications for bias toward the null
    Judith A Bernstein
    Department of Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    Drug Alcohol Rev 29:498-507. 2010
    ..Reductions in control group consumption over time that are possibly related to research design affect the impact of brief alcohol interventions (BAI) in clinical settings...
  21. ncbi Brief motivational intervention to increase self-reported safety belt use among emergency department patients
    William G Fernandez
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
    Acad Emerg Med 15:419-25. 2008
    ..Brief motivational interventions have shown promise in reducing harmful behaviors. The authors tested an intervention to increase safety belt use (SBU) among emergency department (ED) patients...
  22. ncbi Etiology and weekly occurrence of alcohol-related seizures
    Niels K Rathlev
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    Acad Emerg Med 9:824-8. 2002
    ..2) To test the hypothesis that patients with alcohol-related seizures present with greater frequency following Sundays when alcohol is not commercially available...
  23. ncbi Evaluation of a brief intervention in an inner-city emergency department
    Shahrzad Bazargan-Hejazi
    Department of Psychiatry, Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, CA 90059, USA
    Ann Emerg Med 46:67-76. 2005
    ..This study tests the effect of a brief intervention with emergency department (ED) patients to reduce at-risk drinking...
  24. ncbi Public health considerations in knowledge translation in the emergency department
    Steven L Bernstein
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, UAS
    Acad Emerg Med 14:1036-41. 2007
    ..Because these individuals may have limited access to screening and preventive interventions, wider adoption of these initiatives may improve the health of this vulnerable population...
  25. ncbi Effectiveness of alcohol screening and brief motivational intervention in the emergency department setting
    Edward Bernstein
    Ann Emerg Med 51:751-4. 2008
  26. ncbi Improving emergency medicine residents' approach to patients with alcohol problems: a controlled educational trial
    GAIL D'ONOFRIO
    Section of Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
    Ann Emerg Med 40:50-62. 2002
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  27. ncbi SBIRT: qualified trained assistants are necessary but not sufficient
    Edward Bernstein
    Acad Emerg Med 12:786; author reply 786-7. 2005
  28. ncbi Preventing alcohol misuse among adolescents
    Edward Bernstein
    Ann Emerg Med 45:430-2. 2005

Research Grants12

  1. Brief Intervention to Reduce STDs in ER Drug Users
    Edward Bernstein; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..An effective, brief intervention for safe sex behaviors to reduce STDs and HIV among drug users in ED and UCC settings may provide a sustainable intervention opportunity for drug users who are otherwise difficult to access. ..
  2. ED NASD Alcohol Education Project
    Edward Bernstein; Fiscal Year: 2004
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  3. RANDOMIZED TRIAL OF THE BRIEF NEGOTIATED INTERVIEW
    Edward Bernstein; Fiscal Year: 2002
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