2020
Child Protection Team Consultation for Injuries Potentially Due to Child Abuse in Community Emergency Departments
Tiyyagura G, Emerson B, Gaither JR, Bechtel K, Leventhal JM, Becker H, Della Guistina K, Balga T, Mackenzie B, Shum M, Shapiro ED, Auerbach M, McVaney C, Morrell P, Asnes AG. Child Protection Team Consultation for Injuries Potentially Due to Child Abuse in Community Emergency Departments. Academic Emergency Medicine 2020, 28: 70-81. PMID: 32931628, DOI: 10.1111/acem.14132.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommunity emergency departmentsHigh-risk injuriesChild protection teamSkeletal surveyChild protective servicesEmergency departmentClinical pathway implementationHospital child protection teamInitiation of interventionsStudy-Act approachDetection of abuseChild abuse expertsAbusive injuriesPathway implementationProvider trainingEmergency careInjuryTeam consultationInfantsMonthsProtection teamStatistical process control chartsInterventionSuch interventionsConsultation
2016
Barriers and Facilitators to Recognition and Reporting of Child Abuse by Prehospital Providers
Tiyyagura GK, Gawel M, Alphonso A, Koziel J, Bilodeau K, Bechtel K. Barriers and Facilitators to Recognition and Reporting of Child Abuse by Prehospital Providers. Prehospital Emergency Care 2016, 21: 46-53. PMID: 27436455, DOI: 10.1080/10903127.2016.1204038.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrehospital care providersCare providersChief complaintInfant abusive head traumaReal-time decision supportPresence of caregiversAbusive head traumaPediatric patientsHead traumaPatient's airwayProtective servicesRecognition of signsDecision supportHospital providersPatients' thoughtsPrehospital providersCaregiver reactionsThematic saturationChild protective servicesChild abuseFocused educationKey taskAirwayPatientsScene safety
2010
Sexual abuse and sexually transmitted infections in children and adolescents
Bechtel K. Sexual abuse and sexually transmitted infections in children and adolescents. Current Opinion In Pediatrics 2010, 22: 94-99. PMID: 19952927, DOI: 10.1097/mop.0b013e32833502ad.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNucleic acid amplification testsHIV postexposure prophylaxisHuman papillomavirusPostexposure prophylaxisPrepubertal childrenChlamydia trachomatisNeisseria gonorrhoeaeTransmission of HIVMode of transmissionSexual abuseAnogenital infectionOutpatient supportSpecific infectionsSuch infectionsHigh riskSimplex virusAmplification testsC. trachomatisN. gonorrhoeaeInfectionChild protective servicesTrachomatisGonorrhoeaeProphylaxisHIV