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Lara McKenzie, PhD, MA
Dr. Lara McKenzie

My research interests in the field of public health broadly include social and behavioral sciences and child injury prevention and control. To date, my research has focused on the health of children and the prevention of injury, with specific attention to injuries that occur in and around the home as well as the delivery of injury prevention interventions in the pediatric emergency department and the community. I have an interest in the relationship of child obesity and child safety seats, as well as in various consumer product-related injuries (bunk beds, golf carts, ladders) and activity-related injuries (gymnastics and diving).

Please click here for a pdf of my NIH biosketch.

 Current Projects
Expand/Collapse Title : Boost Our Kids Nationwide® (Safety Boost) ‎(1)
Expand/Collapse Title : Brief Child Safety Intervention in Emergency Departments ‎(1)
Expand/Collapse Title : Emergency Department Brief Intervention to Increase Carbon Monoxide Detector Use ‎(1)
Expand/Collapse Title : Factors Asociated with Hospital Length of Stay and Hospital Charges of Motor Vehicle Crash-Related Hospitalizations Among Children in the United States ‎(1)
Expand/Collapse Title : Impact of an Interactive Web-Based Module on Resident’s Knowledge and Clinical Practice in Primary Care ‎(1)
Expand/Collapse Title : Ladder-Related Injuries Treated in Emergency Departments in the United States, 1990-2005 ‎(1)
Expand/Collapse Title : Ohio ATV Safety ‎(1)
Expand/Collapse Title : Tipping the Scales: Obese Children and Child Safety Seats ‎(1)

 Publications
Expand/Collapse Year : 2008 ‎(3)
Manganello JA and McKenzie LB. Home and Child Safety on Reality Television. Health Education Research Advance Access. published January 23, 2008.
Singh S, Smith GA, Fields SK, McKenzie LB. Gymnastics-related injuries to children treated in emergency departments in the United States, 1990-2005. Pediatrics. 2008 Apr;121(4):e954-60.
PubmedID: 18381523
D’Souza A, Smith GA, McKenzie LB. Bunk Bed-Related Injuries Among Children and Adolescents Treated in Emergency Departments in the United States, 1990 – 2005. Pediatrics. 2008 Jun;121(6):e1696-e1702.
PubmedID: 18519473
Expand/Collapse Year : 2007 ‎(3)
D’Souza AL, Smith GA, Trifiletti LB. Ladder-related injuries treated in emergency departments in the United States, 1990-2005. Am J Prev Med. 2007;32(5):413-418.
PubmedID: 17478268
Gardner R, Smith GA, Chany AM, Fernandez SA, McKenzie LB. Factors associated with hospital length of stay and hospital charges of motor vehicle crash related hospitalizations among children in the United States. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2007 Sep;161(9):889-95.
 
 
PubmedID: 17768290
Gielen AC, McKenzie LB, McDonald EM, Shields WC, Wang MC, Cheng YJ, Weaver NL, Walker AR. Using a computer kiosk to promote child safety: Results of a randomized controlled trial in an urban pediatric emergency department. Pediatrics. 2007;120(2):330-339.
PubmedID: 17365816
Expand/Collapse Year : 2006 ‎(2)
Trifiletti LB, Shields WC, McDonald EM, Walker AR, Gielen AC. Development of injury prevention materials for people with low literacy skills. Patient Educ Couns;64:119-127.
PubmedID: 16723205
Trifiletti LB, Shields W, Bishai D, McDonald E, Reynaud F, Gielen A. Tipping the scales: Obese children and child safety seats. Pediatrics. 2006;117(4):1197-1202.
PubmedID: 16585315
Expand/Collapse Year : 2005 ‎(1)
Trifiletti LB, Gielen AC, Sleet D, Hopkins K. Behavioral and social sciences theories and models: Are they used in unintentional injury prevention research? Health Educ Res. 2005;20(3):298-307.
PubmedID: 15632096
Expand/Collapse Year : 2003 ‎(1)
McDonald EM, Gielen AC, Trifiletti LB, Andrews JS, Serwint JR, Wilson ME. Evaluation activities to strengthen an injury prevention resource center for urban families. Health Promot Pract. 2003;4(2):129-137.
PubmedID: 14610982
Expand/Collapse Year : 2002 ‎(1)
Bishai D, McCauley J, Trifiletti LB, McDonald EM, Reeb B, Ashman R, Gielen AC. The burden of injury in preschool children in an urban Medicaid managed care organization. Ambul Pediatr. 2002;2(4):279-83.
PubmedID: 12135402
Expand/Collapse Year : 2000 ‎(1)
Scheidt PC, Overpeck MD, Trifiletti LB, Cheng T. Child and adolescent injury research in 1998: A summary of abstracts submitted to the Ambulatory Pediatrics Association and the American Public Health Association. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2000;154(5):442-445.
PubmedID: 10807292
Expand/Collapse Year : 1998 ‎(1)
Overpeck MD, Brenner RA, Trumble AC, Trifiletti LB, Berendes HW. Risk factors for infant homicide in the United States. N Engl J Med. 1998;339(17):1211-1216.
PubmedID: 9780342