2014
Injury Due to Mechanical Falls: Future Directions in Gender‐specific Surveillance, Screening, and Interventions in Emergency Department Patients
Greenberg MR, Kane BG, Totten VY, Raukar NP, Moore EC, Sanson T, Barraco RD, Nguyen MC, Vaca FE. Injury Due to Mechanical Falls: Future Directions in Gender‐specific Surveillance, Screening, and Interventions in Emergency Department Patients. Academic Emergency Medicine 2014, 21: 1380-1385. PMID: 25491707, PMCID: PMC4271844, DOI: 10.1111/acem.12523.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFall-related fracturesEmergency department patientsInjury-related deathsPatient-centered outcomesFall prevention strategiesEmergency medicine literatureGender-specific researchAcademic Emergency Medicine consensus conferenceMechanical fallDepartment patientsPatient outcomesOlder womenConsensus conferenceEmergency carePrevention strategiesIntervention studiesDisease controlPriority research agendaOlder adultsMedicine literaturePriority questionsOutcomesBreakout groupsPatientsInjury
2011
Crash injury risk behavior in adolescent latino males: the power of friends and relational connections.
Vaca FE, Anderson CL. Crash injury risk behavior in adolescent latino males: the power of friends and relational connections. AAAM Annual Conference 2011, 55: 41-50. PMID: 22105382, PMCID: PMC3232044.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInjury-risk behaviorsRisk behaviorsWave IMotor vehicle crash fatalitiesMortality burdenMortality profilePrevention strategiesParent connectednessVulnerable populationsPrevention effectNational Longitudinal StudyLongitudinal studyAdolescent HealthLongitudinal analysisWave IIConsiderable proportionLatino malesMalesFriends' influenceCrash fatalitiesStudy goalSchool connectednessBest predictorDemographic groupsLinear regression