A5062492923- Crime Patterns and Interventions
- Gun Ownership and Violence Research
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Traffic and Road Safety
- Social Work Education and Practice
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Public Health Policies and Education
- Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
- COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Social Sciences and Policies
Medical College of Wisconsin
2021-2024
Arizona State University
2002
Most victims of antigay/lesbian hate crimes never report these to police for fear hostility and abuse. Similarly, lesbian/gay officers a negative response if they come out at work. Research assumes but has not shown that dislike lesbians gay men translates into behavior. This article employs original survey data examine the relationship between attitudes behavior toward gays among subsets sworn officers. We employ concept “sexual project” argue this is shaped by experiences determine...
Objective: Overdose Fatality Review (OFR) is a public health process in which cases of fatal overdose are carefully reviewed to identify prevention strategies. Current OFR requires review multiple unconnected data sources, manually intensive process. We aimed use human factors design principles develop comprehensive dashboard that could facilitate enhanced processes support OFR. Materials and Methods: first surveyed leaders Wisconsin using the NASA Task Load Index (NASA-TLX) conducted...
This 8-year retrospective study of the National Trauma Data Bank describes temporal trends traumatic injury by mechanism (MOI) demographic characteristics from 2012 to 2019 for adult patients 18 years and older.Overall, 5 630 461 records were included after excluding those with missing information International Classification Disease codes. MOIs calculated as proportions total year. Temporal MOI evaluated using two-sided non-parametric Mann-Kendall trend tests (1) all (2) within racial...
To analyze the association between social determinants of health (SDOH), as measured by Area Deprivation Index (ADI), and severity injury types domestic violence (DV) victimization among women (≥18 years age) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.Neighborhood ADI data from American Community Survey (2014-2018) were merged with Milwaukee Police Department DV (2013-2017). included multiple SDOH domains (education, employment, income/poverty, housing quality). Types classified using an adaptation FBI-Uniform...
Background When the COVID-19 pandemic intersected with longstanding global of traumatic injury, it exacerbated racial and ethnic disparities in injury burden. As Milwaukee, Wisconsin is a racially diverse yet segregated urban city due to historic ongoing systemic efforts, this populace provided an opportunity further characterize disparities. Method We analyzed trauma registry data from only adult Level 1 center WI before during ( N = 19,908 patients 2015–2021). retrospectively fit seasonal...
Previous work has shown socioenvironmental factors can influence firearm injury. Milwaukee County, Wisconsin is a diverse midwestern county with historic disinvestment in marginalized communities yielding stark segregation along racial and ethnic lines. It also one of the many U.S. counties burdened by surging injuries. The differences among within County provides unique opportunity to explore intersection that may affect clinical outcomes geospatial patterns trauma registry from regional...
Abstract In Wisconsin, many alcohol policies are regulated at the local level. To examine relationship between policies, use and health outcomes, our team developed a database to collect policies. Initial results highlight differences in how defined, enforced, made available public.
Firearm violence is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among young men in the US. While an association alcohol availability with well established, mechanisms through which it operates are unclear, role firearm specifically less often studied. In this study we examined effects off-premises outlet characteristics on their immediate environs Milwaukee, Wisconsin. was 1.5–3 times higher areas near retail outlets, levels end range when outlets possessed certain characteristics, graffiti,...
Firearms are now the leading cause of death for U.S. children and teens ages 0-19. The Department Justice Bureau Alcohol, Tobacco, Explosives (ATF) reported data in 2022 on firearm production, specific types calibers. We hypothesized there would be a correlation between production deaths nonfatal injuries youth.All injury rates youth 0-19 were extracted from Centers Disease Control Prevention 2001 to 2020. Firearm 2020 was ATF Commerce Report overall by weapon type pistol caliber....
<h3>Statement of purpose</h3> In order to inform community-based violence prevention strategies, community organizations and public health agencies are often forced rely on data that significantly lagged or incomplete. Near real-time is critical for timely responses prevention. This project brings together multiple currently gathering collaborate sharing community-facing in near strengthen programs policies. The overall goal this reduce assaultive enhance neighborhood/community safety....