A school-based study of adolescent all-terrain vehicle exposure, safety behaviors, and crash experience

CA Jennissen, KK Harland, K Wetjen… - The Annals of Family …, 2014 - Annals Family Med
PURPOSE More youth are killed every year in the United States in all-terrain vehicle (ATV)
crashes than on bicycles, and since 2001, one-fifth of all ATV fatalities have involved victims …

A pediatric cervical spine clearance protocol to reduce radiation exposure in children

R Sun, D Skeete, K Wetjen, M Lilienthal, J Liao… - journal of surgical …, 2013 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: To minimize radiation exposure in children and reduce resource use, we
implemented an age-specific algorithm to evaluate cervical spine injuries at a Level 1 trauma …

The Safety Tips for ATV Riders (STARs) programme: short-term impact of a school-based educational intervention

CA Jennissen, J Peck, K Wetjen… - Injury …, 2015 - injuryprevention.bmj.com
Background Since 1985, one-third of all US all-terrain vehicle (ATV)-related injuries and one-quarter
of deaths involved victims <16 years of age. ATV safety education of youth could …

Pediatric trauma center verification improves quality of care and reduces resource utilization in blunt splenic injury

M Alexander, A Zaghal, K Wetjen, J Shelton… - Journal of pediatric …, 2019 - Elsevier
Purpose We sought to evaluate value impact of transition from an adult trauma center treating
children (ATC) to a verified pediatric trauma center (PTC) in children with blunt splenic …

All-terrain vehicle safety knowledge, riding behaviors and crash experience of Farm Progress Show attendees

CA Jennissen, KK Harland, K Wetjen… - Journal of safety …, 2017 - Elsevier
Introduction Although all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) are very popular in rural areas for both
recreation and work purposes, the epidemiology of agricultural ATV use remains largely …

[HTML][HTML] Firearm exposure and storage practices in the homes of rural adolescents

CA Jennissen, KM Wetjen, CC Wymore… - Western journal of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods An anonymous survey was administered to a convenience sample of attendees at
the 2019 Iowa FFA (formerly Future Farmers of America) Leadership Conference. We …

[HTML][HTML] Parental attitudes and family helmet use for all-terrain vehicles and bicycles

C Wymore, G Denning, P Hoogerwerf, K Wetjen… - Injury …, 2020 - Springer
Background Helmets prevent head trauma in both all-terrain vehicle (ATV) and bicycle
crashes. This pilot study’s objective was to compare family helmet use and participant attitudes …

[HTML][HTML] Link for injured kids: a patient-centered program of psychological first aid after trauma

…, B Woods-Jaeger, K Harland, K Wetjen… - Pediatric …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Objective Injury, the most common type of pediatric trauma, can lead to a number of adverse
psychosocial outcomes, including posttraumatic stress disorder. Currently, few evidence-…

[HTML][HTML] The effect of passengers on all-terrain vehicle crash mechanisms and injuries

CA Jennissen, KK Harland, KM Wetjen, GM Denning - Safety, 2016 - mdpi.com
Traditional all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) are designed for single riders. Although carrying
passengers is a known risk factor for injury, how passengers contribute to ATV crashes remains …

Comparative effectiveness of parent-based interventions to support injured children

…, G Pitcher, HW Ortega, KA Randell, K Wetjen… - …, 2021 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVES A comparative effectiveness trial tested 2 parent-based interventions in improving
the psychosocial recovery of hospitalized injured children:(1) Link for Injured Kids (Link), …