2019
The influence of behavioural and socioeconomic factors on the community injury rates of adolescents assessed by the south Korean emergency medical services: an ecological approach
Ahn KO, Kim J, Shin SD, Park H, Vaca FE, Park JO. The influence of behavioural and socioeconomic factors on the community injury rates of adolescents assessed by the south Korean emergency medical services: an ecological approach. BMC Public Health 2019, 19: 830. PMID: 31242881, PMCID: PMC6595560, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-019-7190-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdolescent BehaviorAlcohol DrinkingBullyingEmergency Medical ServicesFemaleHumansIncidenceMalePeer GroupRepublic of KoreaResidence CharacteristicsRisk FactorsRisk-TakingRural PopulationSchoolsSex FactorsSocial ClassSocial EnvironmentSocioeconomic FactorsSurveys and QuestionnairesUrban PopulationViolenceWounds and InjuriesConceptsNeighborhood socioeconomic statusIncidence rateRisk behaviorsSchool injuriesSocioeconomic statusKorea Youth Risk Behavior SurveyConclusionThe incidence rateRegional incidence ratesCurrent alcohol consumptionEmergency medical servicesNumber of injuriesEMS recordsInjury incidenceInjury preventionYouth Risk Behavior SurveyAlcohol consumptionInjury ratesKorea Census DataInjuryRisk Behavior SurveyInjury contextSES factorsHigher educational attainmentMedical servicesSocioeconomic factors
2017
A web-based educational video to improve asthma knowledge for limited English proficiency Latino caregivers
Riera A, Ocasio A, Tiyyagura G, Thomas A, Goncalves P, Krumeich L, Ragins K, Trevino S, Vaca FE. A web-based educational video to improve asthma knowledge for limited English proficiency Latino caregivers. Journal Of Asthma 2017, 54: 624-631. PMID: 27780380, PMCID: PMC7244941, DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2016.1251597.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCaregiver asthma knowledgeAsthma knowledgeAsthma careAsthma diagnosisQuality asthma carePediatric asthma careAsthma action planLatino caregiversAsthma knowledge questionnaireAsthma knowledge scoresEducational videoLEP caregiversChild asthma diagnosisPersistent asthmaED utilizationED encountersMedication usageInterventional studyActivity limitationsChildren 2Knowledge questionnaireKnowledge scoreCaregiversMean scoreHigh school diploma
2012
A Geographic Analysis of Collisions Involving Child Pedestrians in a Large Southern California County
Chakravarthy B, Anderson CL, Ludlow J, Lotfipour S, Vaca FE. A Geographic Analysis of Collisions Involving Child Pedestrians in a Large Southern California County. Traffic Injury Prevention 2012, 13: 193-198. PMID: 22458798, DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2011.642034.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAccidents, TrafficCaliforniaChildGeographic Information SystemsHumansResidence CharacteristicsSocioeconomic FactorsWounds and InjuriesConceptsChild pedestrian collisionsPercent of residentsStatewide Integrated Traffic Records SystemLatino ethnicityPedestrian injuriesLow incomeChild pedestrian crashesChild pedestrian injuriesCalifornia Statewide Integrated Traffic Records SystemHigh school educationCensus tractsPedestrian crashesPedestrian collisionsRichest quartileTractSocioeconomic factorsSocioeconomic correlatesStrongest predictorRecord systemPoorest quartileInjuryQuartileSouthern California countiesCounty censusChild pedestrians
2010
The Latino adolescent male mortality peak revisited: attribution of homicide and motor vehicle crash death
Vaca FE, Anderson CL, Hayes-Bautista DE. The Latino adolescent male mortality peak revisited: attribution of homicide and motor vehicle crash death. Injury Prevention 2010, 17: 102. PMID: 21134905, PMCID: PMC3065499, DOI: 10.1136/ip.2010.028886.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCause of deathNon-Latino whitesMortality rateMotor vehicle crash mortality ratesRate ratioYears age groupMortality rate ratiosFavorable health profilesAge group 15Lower mortality rateMotor vehicle crash deathsMortality peaksEpidemiological paradoxCalifornia mortality dataEpidemiologic paradoxHealth profileAge groupsMortality disparitiesLower educationMortality dataStudy periodLatino adolescent malesGroup 15White femalesAdolescent males