Aims. To examine the effectiveness of brief behavioral interventions adapting the principles
and techniques of Motivational Interviewing (MI) to four behavioral domains: substance …

Bullying has long been tolerated as a rite of passage among children and adolescents.
There is an implication that individuals who are bullied must have" asked for" this type of …

BACKGROUND: Several systematic reviews of school-based smoking prevention trials have
shown short-term decreases in smoking prevalence but have not examined long-term follow …

Importance Understanding the major health problems in the United States and how they are
changing over time is critical for informing national health policy. Objectives To measure the …

Background Hospitals have difficulty justifying the expense of maintaining trauma centers
without strong evidence of their effectiveness. To address this gap, we examined differences …

Objective.—To determine if a commonly used violence prevention curriculum, Second Step:
A Violence Prevention Curriculum, leads to a reduction in aggressive behavior and an …

Objective Alcoholism is the leading risk factor for injury. The authors hypothesized that
providing brief alcohol interventions as a routine component of trauma care would …

Background. It has been suggested that limiting access to firearms could prevent many
suicides, but this belief is controversial. To assess the strength of the association between …

Background It is unknown whether keeping a firearm in the home confers protection against
crime or, instead, increases the risk of violent crime in the home. To study risk factors for …

Using a population-based hospital discharge registry with E codes, we examine the 1989
hospitalizations of older adults in Washington State for fall-related injuries. Fall-related …