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Pregnancy, contraception and emergency contraception: the language of urban adolescent young womenC J Mollen
The Division of Emergency Medicine, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol 25:238-40. 2012..We sought to characterize how a group of urban adolescent females understands the domains of pregnancy, contraception, and emergency contraception (EC)...
Acute sexual assault: a reviewCynthia J Mollen
Division of Emergency Medicine, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 28:584-90; quiz 591-3. 2012..This review of care of the victim of acute sexual assault will provide practitioners with the tools needed to effectively evaluate these patients...
Characterization of nonfatal events and injuries resulting from youth violence in patients presenting to an emergency departmentCynthia J Mollen
Division of Emergency Medicine, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, PA, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 19:379-84. 2003..To characterize the circumstances of youth intentional violence in emergency department patients and compare circumstances of events between gender and age groups...
Assessing attitudes about emergency contraception among urban, minority adolescent girls: an in-depth interview studyCynthia J Mollen
Division of Emergency Medicine, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
Pediatrics 122:e395-401. 2008..The purpose of this work was to explore the knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of urban, minority adolescent girls about intention to use emergency contraception pills and to identify barriers to emergency contraception pill use...
Description of a novel pediatric emergency department-based HIV screening program for adolescentsCynthia Mollen
Division of Emergency Medicine, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
AIDS Patient Care STDS 22:505-12. 2008..Providing access to these services to high-risk adolescents has the potential to significantly impact their health...
Adolescent input for designing an emergency department-based intervention about emergency contraception: results from an in-depth interview studyCynthia J Mollen
Division of Emergency Medicine, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia 19104, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 25:625-8. 2009..To explore the attitudes of urban, minority adolescent girls about an emergency department (ED)-based intervention to address emergency contraceptive pill (ECP) use...
Prevalence of tubo-ovarian abscess in adolescents diagnosed with pelvic inflammatory disease in a pediatric emergency departmentCynthia J Mollen
Division of Emergency Medicine, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 22:621-5. 2006..Therefore, we sought to determine the rate of TOA in female adolescents diagnosed with PID in a large urban pediatric ED...
A pilot study to assess candidacy for emergency contraception and interest in sexual health education in a pediatric emergency department populationLauren C Fine
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, PA, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 26:413-6. 2010..The objective of the study was to assess potential candidacy for hormonal emergency contraception (EC) and desire for sexual health education among female adolescents presenting for care to a pediatric emergency department (ED)...
Prevalence of Trichomonas vaginalis infection in symptomatic adolescent females presenting to a pediatric emergency departmentMonika Goyal
Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA
Acad Emerg Med 18:763-6. 2011..Therefore, this study sought to determine the prevalence of TV and factors associated with TV infection among symptomatic adolescent females presenting to a pediatric ED...
Toward improving the diagnosis and the treatment of adolescent pelvic inflammatory disease in emergency departments: results of a brief, educational interventionFran Balamuth
Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 26:85-92. 2010..To assess the utility of an abbreviated teaching tool (ATT) in improving emergency medicine pediatricians' knowledge of the diagnosis and the treatment of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)...
Feasibility of an interactive voice response tool for adolescent assault victimsMercedes M Blackstone
Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Acad Emerg Med 16:956-62. 2009..Interactive voice response (IVR) is a novel technology that promotes active participation of subjects and allows automated data collection for prospective studies...
Characteristics that distinguish adolescents who present to a children's hospital emergency department from those presenting to a general emergency departmentRegan H Marsh
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 25:376-9. 2009..To identify characteristics of adolescents who access health care in a children's hospital emergency department (ED) compared with a general ED...
Health care providers' opinions on intimate partner violence resources and screening in a pediatric emergency departmentMegan H Bair-Merritt
Pediatric Generalist Research Group, Division of General Pediatrics, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 22:150-3. 2006..This cross-sectional questionnaire investigated pediatric health care providers' (HCPs') opinions about displaying IPV posters and performing IPV screening in a pediatric ED...
Screening for intimate partner violence using an audiotape questionnaire: a randomized clinical trial in a pediatric emergency departmentMegan H Bair-Merritt
Pediatric Generalist Research Group, Division of General Pediatrics, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 160:311-6. 2006..To compare women's acceptability ratings of 2 different intimate partner violence screening methods, an audiotape questionnaire and a written questionnaire, in a pediatric emergency department...
Characterization of interpersonal violence events involving young adolescent girls vs events involving young adolescent boysCynthia J Mollen
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 158:545-50. 2004..Multiple studies have demonstrated that girls are engaging in interpersonal violence. However, little is known about the potentially unique aspects of violent events involving girls...
Sexual history documentation in adolescent emergency department patientsMonika Goyal
Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine, 3400 Civic Center Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Pediatrics 128:86-91. 2011....
Sexually transmitted infection prevalence in symptomatic adolescent emergency department patientsMonika Goyal
Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 20010, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 28:1277-80. 2012..Secondary objectives included determining correlates of infection...
Exploring emergency contraception knowledge, prescription practices, and barriers to prescription for adolescents in the emergency departmentMonika Goyal
Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Emergency Medicine, 3400 Civic Center Blvd, Philadelphia PA 19104, USA
Pediatrics 123:765-70. 2009....
Impact of domestic violence posters on female caregivers' opinions about domestic violence screening and disclosure in a pediatric emergency departmentMegan H Bair-Merritt
Division of General Pediatrics, and Adolescent Medicine, John Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 22:689-93. 2006....
