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| Charles BranasSummaryAffiliation: University of Pennsylvania Country: USA Publications
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Homicide and geographic access to gun dealers in the United StatesDouglas J Wiebe
Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia PA, USA
BMC Public Health 9:199. 2009..Whether FFLs contribute to gun-related homicide in areas where they are located, in which case FFLs may be a homicide risk factor that can be modified, is not known...- "Sleep disparity" in the population: poor sleep quality is strongly associated with poverty and ethnicityNirav P Patel
Center for Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
BMC Public Health 10:475. 2010..Little is known about the social determinants of sleep attainment. This study examines the relationship of race/ethnicity, socio-economic status (SES) and other factors upon sleep quality... - Alcohol consumption, alcohol outlets, and the risk of being assaulted with a gunCharles C Branas
Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Firearm and Injury Center at Penn, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 423 Guardian Drive, Philadelphia, PA 19104 6021, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 33:906-15. 2009..We conducted a population-based case-control study to better delineate the relationship between individual alcohol consumption, alcohol outlets in the surrounding environment, and being assaulted with a gun... - A difference-in-differences analysis of health, safety, and greening vacant urban spaceCharles C Branas
Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Perelman School of Medicine, Universityof Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
Am J Epidemiol 174:1296-306. 2011..01). Once greened, vacant lots may reduce certain crimes and promote some aspects of health. Limitations of the current study are discussed. Community-based trials are warranted to further test these findings... - Investigating the link between gun possession and gun assaultCharles C Branas
Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Room 936 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Dr, Philadelphia, PA 19104 6021, USA
Am J Public Health 99:2034-40. 2009..We investigated the possible relationship between being shot in an assault and possession of a gun at the time... 
Acute alcohol consumption, alcohol outlets, and gun suicideCharles C Branas
Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 423 Guardian Drive, Philadelphia, PA 19104 6021, USA
Subst Use Misuse 46:1592-603. 2011..This corroborates prior work but also uncovers new information about the relationships between acute alcohol consumption, alcohol outlets, and gun suicide. Study limitations and implications are discussed...- Variation in pediatric and adolescent firearm mortality rates in rural and urban US countiesMichael L Nance
Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of Surgery, 34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104 4227, USA
Pediatrics 125:1112-8. 2010..We examined whether firearm mortality rates among children varied across US counties along a rural-urban continuum... - A review of legislation restricting the intersection of firearms and alcohol in the U.SBrendan G Carr
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Public Health Rep 125:674-9. 2010..In the United States, injury is a leading cause of alcohol-related death, and alcohol use is the leading risk factor for injury. We reviewed state and federal legislation regulating the intersection of alcohol and firearms... - Does the trauma system protect against the weekend effect?Brendan G Carr
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
J Trauma 69:1042-7; discussion 1047-8. 2010..We sought to determine whether the "weekend effect" exists for injured patients at our trauma center... - Access to emergency care in the United StatesBrendan G Carr
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Ann Emerg Med 54:261-9. 2009..Rapid access to emergency services is essential for emergency care-sensitive conditions such as acute myocardial infarction, stroke, sepsis, and major trauma. We seek to determine US population access to an emergency department (ED)... - A national analysis of the relationship between hospital factors and post-cardiac arrest mortalityBrendan G Carr
The Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104 6021, USA
Intensive Care Med 35:505-11. 2009..We sought to generate national estimates for post-cardiac arrest mortality, to assess trends, and to identify hospital factors associated with survival... - Regionalization of medical critical care: what can we learn from the trauma experience?Jeremy M Kahn
Division of Pulmonary, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Crit Care Med 36:3085-8. 2008..To review the rationale for the regionalization of adult critical care and discuss how lessons from the trauma experience may be relevant to this debate... - The time cost of prehospital intubation and intravenous access in trauma patientsBrendan G Carr
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and the Center for Outcomes Research at the Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, PA 19104 6021, USA
Prehosp Emerg Care 12:327-32. 2008..We sought to estimate the contribution of procedures to on-scene duration focusing on intubation and establishment of intravenous (IV) access... - Medicaid-based child restraint system disbursement and education and the vaccines for children program: comparative cost-effectivenessJesse A Goldstein
School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Ambul Pediatr 8:58-65. 2008.... - Outcomes related to the number and anatomic placement of gunshot woundsBrendan G Carr
Department of Emergency Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
J Trauma 64:197-202; discussion 202-3. 2008..Firearm wounding patterns have changed, and patients more commonly present with multiple gunshot wounds (GSWs). We hypothesized that multiple GSW are associated with increased mortality risk and increased hospital length of stay (LOS)... - Urban-rural shifts in intentional firearm death: different causes, same resultsCharles C Branas
Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, 829 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive, Philadelphia, PA 19104 6021, USA
Am J Public Health 94:1750-5. 2004..We analyzed urban-rural differences in intentional firearm death... - Hospital-reported pneumococcal susceptibility to penicillinJoshua P Metlay
VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 10:54-9. 2004..8). In addition, correlations were not significant in reported pneumococcal susceptibility to penicillin within individual hospitals during the 3 years... 
The case for enhanced data collection of gun typeTherese S Richmond
Division of Biobehavioral and Health Sciences, School of Nursing, School of Medicine, and Firearm and Injury Center at Penn, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
J Trauma 57:1356-60. 2004....- Firearm homicide and firearm suicide: opposite but equalCharles C Branas
Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Firearm Injury Center at Penn, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Public Health Rep 119:114-24. 2004..The purpose of the present study was to compare the occurrence of firearm homicide and firearm suicide using routine activity theory as a framework for analysis... - Access to trauma centers in the United StatesCharles C Branas
Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia 19104 6021, USA
JAMA 293:2626-33. 2005..Previous studies have reported that the number and distribution of trauma centers are uneven across states, suggesting large differences in access to trauma center care... - A meta-analysis of prehospital care times for traumaBrendan G Carr
Department of Surgery, The Trauma Center at Penn, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104, USA
Prehosp Emerg Care 10:198-206. 2006..We sought to determine national averages for prehospital times based on a systematic review of published literature... - Reducing firearm violence: a research agendaJanet Weiner
Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104 6218, USA
Inj Prev 13:80-4. 2007..This article summarizes the Collaborative's conclusions and identifies priorities for research and funding... - Trauma center-community partnerships to address firearm injury: it can be doneTherese S Richmond
School of Nursing, Firearm and Injury Center at Penn, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
LDI Issue Brief 10:1-4. 2004..This Issue Brief describes the development and implementation of these partnerships, and highlights one community's ongoing activities to reduce firearm injury... - ACCESS: acute cerebrovascular care in emergency stroke systemsKaren C Albright
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Arch Neurol 67:1210-8. 2010.... - Effective trauma center partnerships to address firearm injury: a new paradigmTherese S Richmond
Firearm and Injury Center at Penn, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
J Trauma 56:1197-205. 2004.... - Access to pediatric trauma care in the United StatesMichael L Nance
Department of Surgery, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th and Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 163:512-8. 2009..To catalog trauma center resources and estimate access to age-specific trauma care for children younger than 15 years in the United States... - Nonintracranial fatal firearm injuries in children: implications for treatmentMichael L Nance
Department of Surgery, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
J Trauma 55:631-5. 2003..Understanding the injury characteristics of nonintracranial fatal (NIF) gunshot wounds in children treated in a statewide trauma system will help guide effective treatment strategies... - Survival among elderly patients after fractures of the distal radiusTamara D Rozental
Division of Hand Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
J Hand Surg [Am] 27:948-52. 2002..Survival rates after distal radius fractures were notably lower than those expected for individuals of the same age and gender in standard populations. Men were twice as likely to die as women and did so almost twice as quickly... - The impact of trauma activations on the care of emergency department patients with potential acute coronary syndromesPeter E Fishman
Department of Emergency Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283, USA
Ann Emerg Med 48:347-53. 2006..Although trauma activations improve the care of trauma patients, they may be associated with a negative impact on the care of other patients requiring contemporaneous resources... - Translating community-specified indicators of program success into measurable outcomesAlice J Hausman
Department of Public Health, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
J Public Health Manag Pract 15:E22-30. 2009..The purpose of this study was to outline a process whereby community-identified indicators of successful violence prevention were translated into measurable variables... - Optimal driving conditions are the most common injury conditions for child pedestriansMichael L Nance
Department of Surgery, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 20:569-73. 2004..The objective of the current study was to examine the role of driving conditions on the occurrence of motor vehicle crashes involving child pedestrians...
Research Grants
- OPTIMIZING TRAUMA SYSTEMS PLANNING USING INTERACTIVE WEB-BASED MAPPINGCharles C Branas; Fiscal Year: 2010..This study has the capacity to inform national trauma care planning, advance dissemination science, and demonstrate the use of a novel public health planning tool. ..
- Alcohol and injury in adolescents, their families and their neighborhoodsCharles Branas; Fiscal Year: 2009..other's risks of fatal adolescent injury?; (3) When considered together, do individual, family, and neighborhood exposures to alcohol have a synergistic (interaction) effect on each other's risks of fatal adolescent injury? ..
- Alcohol and injury in adolescents, their families and their neighborhoodsCharles C Branas; Fiscal Year: 2010..other's risks of fatal adolescent injury?;(3) When considered together, do individual, family, and neighborhood exposures to alcohol have a synergistic (interaction) effect on each other's risks of fatal adolescent injury? ..
- Alcohol and injury in adolescents, their families and their neighborhoodsCharles Branas; Fiscal Year: 2009..other's risks of fatal adolescent injury?; (3) When considered together, do individual, family, and neighborhood exposures to alcohol have a synergistic (interaction) effect on each other's risks of fatal adolescent injury? ..
- Case Control Study of Alcohol Outlets & Firearm ViolenceCharles Branas; Fiscal Year: 2005..In this way, health policies to change the numbers and locations of alcohol outlets can become more certain, more effective, and more politically admissible. ..
- APPLIED REGIONALIZATION OF EMERGENCY CARECharles Branas; Fiscal Year: 2004....
- Optimization modeling and comparative effectiveness of regionalized stroke careCharles C Branas; Fiscal Year: 2010..Data will be presented at the level of the state in statistical and visual format. This study has the capacity to inform the further development of the US stroke system and to thereby improve stroke related morbidity and mortality. ..