Frederick P Rivara, MD, MPH

Frederick P Rivara, MD, MPH

General Pediatrics

On staff since February 1985

Academic Title: Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington, School of Medicine Adjunct Professor, Epidemiology, University of Washington, School of Public Health Vice Chair for Academic Affairs, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, School of Med

Foundation Title: Children’s Hospital Guild Association Endowed Chair in Pediatric Health Outcomes Research

Research Center: Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development

"An important part of our mission is that children should grow up without injury. My work over the past 25 years has been dedicated to making that hope a reality."

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  • Award Name Award Description Awarded By Award Date
     School of Public Health Distinguished Alumnus Award - University of Washington University of Washington School of Public Health Jan. 1, 2009

  • Other Publications

    • Moreno MA, Furtner F, Rivara FP
      Anxiety disorders in children and adolescents.
      20921360 Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine, 2010 Oct. : 984
    • Kramer CB, Rivara FP, Klein MB
      Variations in U.S. pediatric burn injury hospitalizations using the national burn repository data.
      20628307 Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn Association, 2010 Sept. : 734-9
    • Thompson HJ, Rivara FP, Nathens A, Wang J, Jurkovich GJ, Mackenzie EJ
      Development and validation of the mortality risk for trauma comorbidity index.
      20622665 Annals of surgery, 2010 Aug. : 370-5
    • Moreno MA, Furtner F, Rivara FP
      Advice for patients. Dehydration and oral rehydration.
      20679175 Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine, 2010 Aug. : 784
    • Rivara FP
      Rolling theme issue on comparative effectiveness research: the right treatment to the right patient at the right time.
      20679170 Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine, 2010 Aug. : 773
    • Rivara FP
      Call for papers: improving the quality of care for children and adolescents.
      20603470 Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine, 2010 July : 675
    • MacKenzie EJ, Weir S, Rivara FP, Jurkovich GJ, Nathens AB, Wang W, Scharfstein DO, Salkever DS
      The value of trauma center care.
      20622572 The Journal of trauma, 2010 July : 1-10
    • Moreno MA, Furtner F, Rivara FP
      New information about adolescent sleep.
      20603475 Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine, 2010 July : 684
    • Stephens KA, Sue S, Roy-Byrne P, Unützer J, Wang J, Rivara FP, Jurkovich GJ, Zatzick DF
      Ethnoracial variations in acute PTSD symptoms among hospitalized survivors of traumatic injury.
      20564368 Journal of traumatic stress, 2010 June : 384-92
    • Moreno MA, Furtner F, Rivara FP
      New information about late-preterm babies.
      20530314 Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine, 2010 June : 587
    • Christakis DA, Rivara FP
      Influence of experiences from birth to 5 years of age on emotional and psychological health.
      20439803 Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine, 2010 May : 491-2
    • Moreno MA, Furtner F, Rivara FP
      Headaches.
      20368499 Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine, 2010 April : 400
    • Brooks MA, Evans MD, Rivara FP
      Evaluation of skiing and snowboarding injuries sustained in terrain parks versus traditional slopes.
      20363819 Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention, 2010 April : 119-22
    • Weir S, Salkever DS, Rivara FP, Jurkovich GJ, Nathens AB, Mackenzie EJ
      One-year treatment costs of trauma care in the USA.
      20384565 Expert review of pharmacoeconomics & outcomes research, 2010 April : 187-97
    • Rivara FP, Alexander D
      Randomized controlled trials and pediatric research.
      20194268 Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine, 2010 March : 296-7
    • Rivara FP, Joffe A
      Research, policy, and adolescent sexual behavior.
      20124152 Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine, 2010 Feb. : 200
    • Cannon EA, Bonomi AE, Anderson ML, Rivara FP, Thompson RS
      Adult health and relationship outcomes among women with abuse experiences during childhood.
      20565002 Violence and victims, 2010 : 291-305
    • Moreno MA, Furtner F, Rivara FP
      Advice for patients: Male circumcision: new information about health benefits.
      20048253 Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine, 2010 Jan. : 104
    • Sorensen MD, Krieger JN, Rivara FP, Klein MB, Wessells H
      Fournier's gangrene: management and mortality predictors in a population based study.
      19837424 The Journal of urology, 2009 Dec. : 2742-7
    • Raelson CA, Kanal KM, Vavilala MS, Rivara FP, Kim LJ, Stewart BK, Cohen WA
      Radiation dose and excess risk of cancer in children undergoing neuroangiography.
      19933657 AJR. American journal of roentgenology, 2009 Dec. : 1621-8
    • Moreno MA, Furtner F, Rivara FP
      Infant sleep position: back to sleep.
      19996058 Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine, 2009 Dec. : 1168
    • Shafii T, Rivara FP, Wang J, Jurkovich GJ
      Screening adolescent patients admitted to the trauma service for high-risk behaviors: who is responsible?
      19779312 The Journal of trauma, 2009 Dec. : 1288-92
    • Ang DN, Rivara FP, Nathens A, Jurkovich GJ, Maier RV, Wang J, MacKenzie EJ
      Complication rates among trauma centers.
      19854399 Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 2009 Nov. : 595-602
    • Klein MB, Kramer CB, Nelson J, Rivara FP, Gibran NS, Concannon T
      Geographic access to burn center hospitals.
      19861669 JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association, 2009 Oct. 28 : 1774-81
    • Bonomi AE, Anderson ML, Reid RJ, Rivara FP, Carrell D, Thompson RS
      Medical and psychosocial diagnoses in women with a history of intimate partner violence.
      19822826 Archives of internal medicine, 2009 Oct. 12 : 1692-7
    • Naumann RB, Dellinger AM, Anderson ML, Bonomi AE, Rivara FP, Thompson RS
      Preferred modes of travel among older adults: what factors affect the choice to walk instead of drive?
      19932322 Journal of safety research, 2009 Oct. : 395-8
    • Moreno MA, Furtner F, Rivara FP
      Internet safety.
      19805722 Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine, 2009 Oct. : 968
    • Czaja AS, Rivara FP, Wang J, Koepsell T, Nathens AB, Jurkovich GJ, Mackenzie E
      Late outcomes of trauma patients with infections during index hospitalization.
      19820589 The Journal of trauma, 2009 Oct. : 805-14
    • Davydow DS, Zatzick DF, Rivara FP, Jurkovich GJ, Wang J, Roy-Byrne PP, Katon WJ, Hough CL, Kross EK, Fan MY, Joesch J, MacKenzie EJ
      Predictors of posttraumatic stress disorder and return to usual major activity in traumatically injured intensive care unit survivors.
      19703636 General hospital psychiatry, 2009 Sept. : 428-35
    • Cannon EA, Bonomi AE, Anderson ML, Rivara FP
      The intergenerational transmission of witnessing intimate partner violence.
      19652101 Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine, 2009 Aug. : 706-8
    • Moreno MA, Furtner F, Rivara FP
      Adolescents and dating violence.
      19652114 Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine, 2009 Aug. : 776
    • Sabin J, Nosek BA, Greenwald A, Rivara FP
      Physicians' implicit and explicit attitudes about race by MD race, ethnicity, and gender.
      19648715 Journal of health care for the poor and underserved, 2009 Aug. : 896-913
    • Moreno MA, Furtner F, Rivara FP
      Advice for patients. Nutrition and media literacy.
      19581558 Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine, 2009 July : 680
    • Ebel BE, Medina MH, Rahman AK, Appiah NJ, Rivara FP
      Child injury around the world: a global research agenda for child injury prevention.
      19494104 Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention, 2009 June : 212
    • Ringold S, Wallace CA, Rivara FP
      Health-related quality of life, physical function, fatigue, and disease activity in children with established polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
      19411394 The Journal of rheumatology, 2009 June : 1330-6
    • Shandro JR, Rivara FP, Wang J, Jurkovich GJ, Nathens AB, MacKenzie EJ
      Alcohol and risk of mortality in patients with traumatic brain injury.
      19509618 The Journal of trauma, 2009 June : 1584-90
    • Moreno MA, Furtner F, Rivara FP
      Advice for patients. Chlamydia screening: a routine test.
      19487620 Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine, 2009 June : 592
    • Bonomi AE, Anderson ML, Rivara FP, Thompson RS
      Health care utilization and costs associated with physical and nonphysical-only intimate partner violence.
      19674432 Health services research, 2009 June : 1052-67
    • Brooks MA, Schiff MA, Rivara FP
      Identifying previous sports injury among high school athletes.
      19171912 Clinical pediatrics, 2009 June : 548-50
    • Sorensen MD, Krieger JN, Rivara FP, Broghammer JA, Klein MB, Mack CD, Wessells H
      Fournier's Gangrene: population based epidemiology and outcomes.
      19286224 The Journal of urology, 2009 May : 2120-6
    • Moreno MA, Furtner F, Rivara FP
      Advice for patients. Pertussis and the DTaP Vaccine.
      19414704 Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine, 2009 May : 496
    • Cooper Z, Rivara FP, Wang J, MacKenzie EJ, Jurkovich GJ
      Withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy in injured patients: variations between trauma centers and nontrauma centers.
      19430235 The Journal of trauma, 2009 May : 1327-35
    • Moreno MA, Furtner F, Rivara FP
      Advice for patients. Sugary drinks and childhood obesity.
      19349575 Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine, 2009 April : 400
    • Lundgren RS, Kramer CB, Rivara FP, Wang J, Heimbach DM, Gibran NS, Klein MB
      Influence of comorbidities and age on outcome following burn injury in older adults.
      19165104 Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn Association, 2009 March : 307-14
    • Moreno MA, Furtner F, Rivara FP
      Water safety and swimming lessons for children.
      19255402 Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine, 2009 March : 288
    • Rivara FP
      Prevention of drowning: the time is now.
      19255398 Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine, 2009 March : 277-8
    • Barr RG, Rivara FP, Barr M, Cummings P, Taylor J, Lengua LJ, Meredith-Benitz E
      Effectiveness of educational materials designed to change knowledge and behaviors regarding crying and shaken-baby syndrome in mothers of newborns: a randomized, controlled trial.
      19255028 Pediatrics, 2009 March : 972-80
    • Chaiwat O, Lang JD, Vavilala MS, Wang J, MacKenzie EJ, Jurkovich GJ, Rivara FP
      Early packed red blood cell transfusion and acute respiratory distress syndrome after trauma.
      19164959 Anesthesiology, 2009 Feb. : 351-60
    • Pham TN, Kramer CB, Wang J, Rivara FP, Heimbach DM, Gibran NS, Klein MB
      Epidemiology and outcomes of older adults with burn injury: an analysis of the National Burn Repository.
      19060727 Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn Association, 2009 Jan. : 30-6
    • Rivara FP
      The global problem of injuries to children and adolescents.
      19117877 Pediatrics, 2009 Jan. : 168-9
    • Rivara FP, Anderson ML, Fishman P, Reid RJ, Bonomi AE, Carrell D, Thompson RS
      Age, period, and cohort effects on intimate partner violence.
      19852403 Violence and victims, 2009 : 627-38
    • Haas B, Jurkovich GJ, Wang J, Rivara FP, Mackenzie EJ, Nathens AB
      Survival advantage in trauma centers: expeditious intervention or experience?
      19228499 Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 2009 Jan. : 28-36
    • Moreno MA, Furtner F, Rivara FP
      Escherichia coli O157 and children.
      19124714 Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine, 2009 Jan. : 96
    • Zatzick DF, Koepsell T, Rivara FP
      Using target population specification, effect size, and reach to estimate and compare the population impact of two PTSD preventive interventions.
      20070133 Psychiatry, 2009 : 346-59
    • Endorf FW, Klein MB, Mack CD, Jurkovich GJ, Rivara FP
      Necrotizing soft-tissue infections: differences in patients treated at burn centers and non-burn centers.
      18997557 Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn Association, 2008 Nov. : 933-8
    • Imahara SD, Hopper RA, Wang J, Rivara FP, Klein MB
      Patterns and outcomes of pediatric facial fractures in the United States: a survey of the National Trauma Data Bank.
      18954784 Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 2008 Nov. : 710-6
    • Sorensen MD, Wessells H, Rivara FP, Zonies DH, Jurkovich GJ, Wang J, Mackenzie EJ
      Prevalence and predictors of sexual dysfunction 12 months after major trauma: a national study.
      19001972 The Journal of trauma, 2008 Nov. : 1045-52; discussion 1052-3
    • Terrell F, Zatzick DF, Jurkovich GJ, Rivara FP, Donovan DM, Dunn CW, Schermer C, Meredith JW, Gentilello LM
      Nationwide survey of alcohol screening and brief intervention practices at US Level I trauma centers.
      18954773 Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 2008 Nov. : 630-8
    • Ghesquiere A, Fan MY, Berliner L, Rivara FP, Jurkovich GJ, Russo J, Katon W, Zatzick DF
      Adolescents' and parents' agreement on posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and functioning after adolescent injury.
      18956447 Journal of traumatic stress, 2008 Oct. : 487-91
    • Zatzick D, Jurkovich GJ, Rivara FP, Wang J, Fan MY, Joesch J, Mackenzie E
      A national US study of posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and work and functional outcomes after hospitalization for traumatic injury.
      18791363 Annals of surgery, 2008 Sept. : 429-37
    • Dunn C, Rivara FP, Donovan D, Fan MY, Russo J, Jurkovich G, Zatzick D
      Predicting adolescent alcohol drinking patterns after major injury.
      18784592 The Journal of trauma, 2008 Sept. : 736-40
    • Rivara FP, Davis M, Shah SS
      Call for papers for special theme issue on vaccines.
      18606942 Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine, 2008 July : 691
    • Zatzick DF, Jurkovich GJ, Fan MY, Grossman D, Russo J, Katon W, Rivara FP
      Association between posttraumatic stress and depressive symptoms and functional outcomes in adolescents followed up longitudinally after injury hospitalization.
      18606935 Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine, 2008 July : 642-8
    • Sabin JA, Rivara FP, Greenwald AG
      Physician implicit attitudes and stereotypes about race and quality of medical care.
      18580386 Medical care, 2008 July : 678-85
    • Klein MB, Hollingworth W, Rivara FP, Kramer CB, Askay SW, Heimbach DM, Gibran NS
      Hospital costs associated with pediatric burn injury.
      18535469 Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn Association, 2008 July : 632-7
    • King MA, Garrison MM, Vavilala MS, Zimmerman JJ, Rivara FP
      Complications associated with arterial catheterization in children.
      18496411 Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies, 2008 July : 367-71
    • Bonomi AE, Cannon EA, Anderson ML, Rivara FP, Thompson RS
      Association between self-reported health and physical and/or sexual abuse experienced before age 18.
      18602692 Child abuse & neglect, 2008 July : 693-701
    • Reid RJ, Bonomi AE, Rivara FP, Anderson ML, Fishman PA, Carrell DS, Thompson RS
      Intimate partner violence among men prevalence, chronicity, and health effects.
      18471583 American journal of preventive medicine, 2008 June : 478-85
    • Rivara FP, Koepsell TD, Wang J, Nathens A, Jurkovich GA, Mackenzie EJ
      Outcomes of trauma patients after transfer to a level I trauma center.
      18545129 The Journal of trauma, 2008 June : 1594-9
    • Klein MB, Mack CD, Kramer CB, Heimbach DM, Gibran NS, Rivara FP
      Influence of injury characteristics and payer status on burn treatment location in Washington state.
      18388579 Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn Association, 2008 May : 435-40
    • Samant UB 4th, Mack CD, Koepsell T, Rivara FP, Vavilala MS
      Time of hypotension and discharge outcome in children with severe traumatic brain injury.
      18419252 Journal of neurotrauma, 2008 May : 495-502
    • Kramer CB, Gibran NS, Heimbach DM, Rivara FP, Klein MB
      Assault and substance abuse characterize burn injuries in homeless patients.
      18388565 Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn Association, 2008 May : 461-7
    • Olson CM, Cummings P, Rivara FP
      Re: "Using head-on collisions to compare risk of driver death by frontal air bag generation: a matched-pair cohort study".
      18344514 American journal of epidemiology, 2008 April 1 : 885-6; author reply 886-7
    • Rivara FP
      Evaluating the effect of an injury prevention intervention in a population.
      18374266 American journal of preventive medicine, 2008 April : S148-52
    • Rivara FP, Mackenzie EJ, Jurkovich GJ, Nathens AB, Wang J, Scharfstein DO
      Prevalence of pain in patients 1 year after major trauma.
      18347276 Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960), 2008 March : 282-7; discussion 288
    • Mueller BA, Cummings P, Rivara FP, Brooks MA, Terasaki RD
      Injuries of the head, face, and neck in relation to ski helmet use.
      18277163 Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.), 2008 March : 270-6
    • Bonomi AE, Anderson ML, Rivara FP, Cannon EA, Fishman PA, Carrell D, Reid RJ, Thompson RS
      Health care utilization and costs associated with childhood abuse.
      18204885 Journal of general internal medicine, 2008 March : 294-9
    • Thompson HJ, Rivara FP, Jurkovich GJ, Wang J, Nathens AB, MacKenzie EJ
      Evaluation of the effect of intensity of care on mortality after traumatic brain injury.
      18007264 Critical care medicine, 2008 Jan. : 282-90
    • Mackenzie EJ, Rivara FP, Jurkovich GJ, Nathens AB, Egleston BL, Salkever DS, Frey KP, Scharfstein DO
      The impact of trauma-center care on functional outcomes following major lower-limb trauma.
      18171963 The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume, 2008 Jan. : 101-9
    • Duterte EE, Bonomi AE, Kernic MA, Schiff MA, Thompson RS, Rivara FP
      Correlates of medical and legal help seeking among women reporting intimate partner violence.
      18240985 Journal of women's health (2002), 2008 Jan. : 85-95
    • Nathens AB, Rivara FP, Wang J, Mackenzie EJ, Jurkovich GJ
      Variation in the rates of do not resuscitate orders after major trauma and the impact of intensive care unit environment.
      18188103 The Journal of trauma, 2008 Jan. : 81-8; discussion 88-91
    • Rue T, Thompson HJ, Rivara FP, Mackenzie EJ, Jurkovich GJ
      Managing the common problem of missing data in trauma studies.
      19094153 Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing / Sigma Theta Tau, 2008 : 373-8
    • Glew GM, Fan MY, Katon W, Rivara FP
      Bullying and school safety.
      18154913 The Journal of pediatrics, 2008 Jan. : 123-8, 128.e1
    • Rivara FP, Oldham KT
      Pediatric trauma care: defining a research agenda.
      18091212 The Journal of trauma, 2007 Dec. : S52-3
    • Rivara FP, Anderson ML, Fishman P, Bonomi AE, Reid RJ, Carrell D, Thompson RS
      Intimate partner violence and health care costs and utilization for children living in the home.
      18055676 Pediatrics, 2007 Dec. : 1270-7
    • Mackenzie EJ, Rivara FP, Jurkovich GJ, Nathens AB, Frey KP, Egleston BL, Salkever DS, Weir S, Scharfstein DO
      The National Study on Costs and Outcomes of Trauma.
      18091213 The Journal of trauma, 2007 Dec. : S54-67; discussion S81-6
    • Rivara FP, Christakis DA
      The march of science.
      18056569 Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine, 2007 Dec. : 1214-5
    • Rivara FP, Oldham KT, Jurkovich GJ, Guice KS, Mackenzie EJ
      Towards improving the outcomes of injured children.
      18091210 The Journal of trauma, 2007 Dec. : S155-6
    • Rauh MJ, Koepsell TD, Rivara FP, Rice SG, Margherita AJ
      Quadriceps angle and risk of injury among high school cross-country runners.
      18560184 The Journal of orthopaedic and sports physical therapy, 2007 Dec. : 725-33
    • Zatzick DF, Rivara FP, Nathens AB, Jurkovich GJ, Wang J, Fan MY, Russo J, Salkever DS, Mackenzie EJ
      A nationwide US study of post-traumatic stress after hospitalization for physical injury.
      17559704 Psychological medicine, 2007 Oct. : 1469-80
    • Bonomi AE, Anderson ML, Rivara FP, Thompson RS
      Health outcomes in women with physical and sexual intimate partner violence exposure.
      17903075 Journal of women's health (2002), 2007 Sept. : 987-97
    • Roudsari BS, Nathens AB, Arreola-Risa C, Cameron P, Civil I, Grigoriou G, Gruen RL, Koepsell TD, Lecky FE, Lefering RL, Liberman M, Mock CN, Oestern HJ, Petridou E, Schildhauer TA, Waydhas C, Zargar M, Rivara FP
      Emergency Medical Service (EMS) systems in developed and developing countries.
      17583709 Injury, 2007 Sept. : 1001-13
    • Rivara FP, Cummings P, Ringold S, Bergman AB, Joffe A, Christakis DA
      A comparison of reviewers selected by editors and reviewers suggested by authors.
      17643779 The Journal of pediatrics, 2007 Aug. : 202-5
    • Rivara FP, Relyea-Chew A, Wang J, Riley S, Boisvert D, Gomez T
      Drinking behaviors in young adults: the potential role of designated driver and safe ride home programs.
      17567971 Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention, 2007 June : 168-72
    • Bulger EM, Nathens AB, Rivara FP, MacKenzie E, Sabath DR, Jurkovich GJ
      National variability in out-of-hospital treatment after traumatic injury.
      16978737 Annals of emergency medicine, 2007 March : 293-301
    • Bauer NS, Lozano P, Rivara FP
      The effectiveness of the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program in public middle schools: a controlled trial.
      17321428 The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, 2007 March : 266-74
    • Brooks MA, Schiff MA, Koepsell TD, Rivara FP
      Prevalence of preseason conditioning among high school athletes in two spring sports.
      17277587 Medicine and science in sports and exercise, 2007 Feb. : 241-7
    • Bonomi AE, Anderson ML, Reid RJ, Carrell D, Fishman PA, Rivara FP, Thompson RS
      Intimate partner violence in older women.
      17327538 The Gerontologist, 2007 Feb. : 34-41
    • Rivara FP, Anderson ML, Fishman P, Bonomi AE, Reid RJ, Carrell D, Thompson RS
      Healthcare utilization and costs for women with a history of intimate partner violence.
      17234483 American journal of preventive medicine, 2007 Feb. : 89-96
    • Nathens AB, Rivara FP, Mack CD, Rubenfeld GD, Wang J, Jurkovich GJ, Maier RV
      Variations in rates of tracheostomy in the critically ill trauma patient.
      16971852 Critical care medicine, 2006 Dec. : 2919-24
    • Wright JL, Nathens AB, Rivara FP, MacKenzie EJ, Wessells H
      Specific fracture configurations predict sexual and excretory dysfunction in men and women 1 year after pelvic fracture.
      16952678 The Journal of urology, 2006 Oct. : 1540-5; discussion 1545
    • Utter GH, Maier RV, Rivara FP, Nathens AB
      Outcomes after ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms: the "halo effect" of trauma center designation.
      17000393 Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 2006 Oct. : 498-505
    • Rivara FP, Nathens AB, Jurkovich GJ, Maier RV
      Do trauma centers have the capacity to respond to disasters?
      17033567 The Journal of trauma, 2006 Oct. : 949-53
    • Zatzick DF, Grossman DC, Russo J, Pynoos R, Berliner L, Jurkovich G, Sabin JA, Katon W, Ghesquiere A, McCauley E, Rivara FP
      Predicting posttraumatic stress symptoms longitudinally in a representative sample of hospitalized injured adolescents.
      17003664 Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2006 Oct. : 1188-95
    • Nathens AB, Rivara FP, MacKenzie EJ, Maier RV, Wang J, Egleston B, Scharfstein DO, Jurkovich GJ
      The impact of an intensivist-model ICU on trauma-related mortality.
      16998363 Annals of surgery, 2006 Oct. : 545-54
    • Christakis DA, Zimmerman FJ, Rivara FP, Ebel B
      Improving pediatric prevention via the internet: a randomized, controlled trial.
      16951011 Pediatrics, 2006 Sept. : 1157-66
    • Bauer NS, Herrenkohl TI, Lozano P, Rivara FP, Hill KG, Hawkins JD
      Childhood bullying involvement and exposure to intimate partner violence.
      16882768 Pediatrics, 2006 Aug. : e235-42
    • Blackmore CC, Cummings P, Jurkovich GJ, Linnau KF, Hoffer EK, Rivara FP
      Predicting major hemorrhage in patients with pelvic fracture.
      16917449 The Journal of trauma, 2006 Aug. : 346-52
    • Olson CM, Cummings P, Rivara FP
      Association of first- and second-generation air bags with front occupant death in car crashes: a matched cohort study.
      16775043 American journal of epidemiology, 2006 July 15 : 161-9
    • Cummings P, Rivara FP, Thompson DC, Thompson RS
      Misconceptions regarding case-control studies of bicycle helmets and head injury.
      16417901 Accident; analysis and prevention, 2006 July : 636-43
    • Christakis DA, Rivara FP
      Publication ethics: editors' perspectives.
      16829242 The Journal of pediatrics, 2006 July : S39-42
    • Thompson RS, Bonomi AE, Anderson M, Reid RJ, Dimer JA, Carrell D, Rivara FP
      Intimate partner violence: prevalence, types, and chronicity in adult women.
      16704937 American journal of preventive medicine, 2006 June : 447-57
    • Bonomi AE, Thompson RS, Anderson M, Reid RJ, Carrell D, Dimer JA, Rivara FP
      Intimate partner violence and women's physical, mental, and social functioning.
      16704938 American journal of preventive medicine, 2006 June : 458-66
    • Ebel BE, Coronado GD, Thompson B, Martinez T, Fitzgerald K, Vaca F, Rivara FP
      Child passenger safety behaviors in Latino communities.
      16702720 Journal of health care for the poor and underserved, 2006 May : 358-73
    • Nathens AB, Maier RV, Jurkovich GJ, Monary D, Rivara FP, Mackenzie EJ
      The delivery of critical care services in US trauma centers: is the standard being met?
      16612297 The Journal of trauma, 2006 April : 773-83; disucssion 783-4
    • Hagel B, Macpherson A, Rivara FP, Pless B
      Arguments against helmet legislation are flawed.
      16565133 BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2006 March 25 : 725-6
    • Utter GH, Maier RV, Rivara FP, Mock CN, Jurkovich GJ, Nathens AB
      Inclusive trauma systems: do they improve triage or outcomes of the severely injured?
      16531850 The Journal of trauma, 2006 March : 529-35; discussion 535-37
    • Wright JL, Nathens AB, Rivara FP, Wessells H
      Renal and extrarenal predictors of nephrectomy from the national trauma data bank.
      16469594 The Journal of urology, 2006 March : 970-5; discussion 975
    • Hollingworth W, Ebel BE, McCarty CA, Garrison MM, Christakis DA, Rivara FP
      Prevention of deaths from harmful drinking in the United States: the potential effects of tax increases and advertising bans on young drinkers.
      16562413 Journal of studies on alcohol, 2006 March : 300-8
    • Scott JR, Gibran NS, Engrav LH, Mack CD, Rivara FP
      Incidence and characteristics of hospitalized patients with pressure ulcers: State of Washington, 1987 to 2000.
      16462349 Plastic and reconstructive surgery, 2006 Feb. : 630-4
    • Kuan JK, Wright JL, Nathens AB, Rivara FP, Wessells H
      American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Organ Injury Scale for kidney injuries predicts nephrectomy, dialysis, and death in patients with blunt injury and nephrectomy for penetrating injuries.
      16508495 The Journal of trauma, 2006 Feb. : 351-6
    • MacKenzie EJ, Rivara FP, Jurkovich GJ, Nathens AB, Frey KP, Egleston BL, Salkever DS, Scharfstein DO
      A national evaluation of the effect of trauma-center care on mortality.
      16436768 The New England journal of medicine, 2006 Jan. 26 : 366-78
    • Rauh MJ, Koepsell TD, Rivara FP, Margherita AJ, Rice SG
      Epidemiology of musculoskeletal injuries among high school cross-country runners.
      16306308 American journal of epidemiology, 2006 Jan. 15 : 151-9
    • Greves HM, Rivara FP
      Report card on school snack food policies among the United States' largest school districts in 2004-2005: room for improvement.
      16390544 The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity, 2006 Jan. 3 : 1
    • Sabin JA, Zatzick DF, Jurkovich G, Rivara FP
      Primary care utilization and detection of emotional distress after adolescent traumatic injury: identifying an unmet need.
      16396870 Pediatrics, 2006 Jan. : 130-8
    • Glew GM, Fan MY, Katon W, Rivara FP, Kernic MA
      Bullying, psychosocial adjustment, and academic performance in elementary school.
      16275791 Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine, 2005 Nov. : 1026-31
    • Fishman PA, Ebel BE, Garrison MM, Christakis DA, Wiehe SE, Rivara FP
      Cigarette tax increase and media campaign cost of reducing smoking-related deaths.
      15958247 American journal of preventive medicine, 2005 July : 19-26
    • Sidman EA, Grossman DC, Koepsell TD, D'Ambrosio L, Britt J, Simpson ES, Rivara FP, Bergman AB
      Evaluation of a community-based handgun safe-storage campaign.
      15930192 Pediatrics, 2005 June : e654-61
    • Cohen AL, Rivara FP, Davis R, Christakis DA
      Compliance with guidelines for the medical care of first urinary tract infections in infants: a population-based study.
      15930206 Pediatrics, 2005 June : 1474-8
    • Sabin JA, Zatzick DF, Rivara FP
      A role for school health personnel in supporting children and families following childhood injury.
      15988840 The Journal of school health, 2005 April : 141-4
    • Gentilello LM, Ebel BE, Wickizer TM, Salkever DS, Rivara FP
      Alcohol interventions for trauma patients treated in emergency departments and hospitals: a cost benefit analysis.
      15798453 Annals of surgery, 2005 April : 541-50
    • Rivara FP, Stapleton FB
      Closing the quality chasm in health care: the role of critical reading.
      15809397 Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine, 2005 April : 394-5
    • Carroll AE, Zimmerman FJ, Rivara FP, Ebel BE, Christakis DA
      Perceptions about computers and the internet in a pediatric clinic population.
      15780015 Ambulatory pediatrics : the official journal of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association, 2005 March : 122-6
    • Wiehe SE, Garrison MM, Christakis DA, Ebel BE, Rivara FP
      A systematic review of school-based smoking prevention trials with long-term follow-up.
      15737770 The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, 2005 March : 162-9
    • Carroll AE, Rivara FP, Ebel B, Zimmerman FJ, Christakis DA
      Household computer and Internet access: The digital divide in a pediatric clinic population.
      16779012 AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings / AMIA Symposium. AMIA Symposium, 2005 : 111-5
    • Karr CJ, Rivara FP, Cummings P
      Severe injury among Hispanic and non-Hispanic white children in Washington state.
      15736327 Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974), 2005 Jan. : 19-24
    • Cummings P, Rivara FP, Koepsell TD
      Writing informative abstracts for journal articles.
      15520348 Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine, 2004 Nov. : 1086-8
    • Christakis DA, Ebel BE, Rivara FP, Zimmerman FJ
      Television, video, and computer game usage in children under 11 years of age.
      15520768 The Journal of pediatrics, 2004 Nov. : 652-6
    • McCarty CA, Ebel BE, Garrison MM, DiGiuseppe DL, Christakis DA, Rivara FP
      Continuity of binge and harmful drinking from late adolescence to early adulthood.
      15342844 Pediatrics, 2004 Sept. : 714-9
    • Rivara FP, Christakis DA, Cummings P
      Duplicate publication.
      15351761 Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine, 2004 Sept. : 926
    • Rivara FP, Ebel BE, Garrison MM, Christakis DA, Wiehe SE, Levy DT
      Prevention of smoking-related deaths in the United States.
      15261898 American journal of preventive medicine, 2004 Aug. : 118-25
    • Crandall ML, Nathens AB, Rivara FP
      Injury patterns among female trauma patients: recognizing intentional injury.
      15284546 The Journal of trauma, 2004 July : 42-5
    • Rivara FP, Garrison MM, Ebel B, McCarty CA, Christakis DA
      Mortality attributable to harmful drinking in the United States, 2000.
      15376828 Journal of studies on alcohol, 2004 July : 530-6
    • Rivara FP
      Modification of the home environment for the reduction of injuries.
      15184211 Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine, 2004 June : 513
    • Rivara FP
      Sustaining optimism.
      15123467 Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine, 2004 May : 414-5
    • Crandall ML, Nathens AB, Kernic MA, Holt VL, Rivara FP
      Predicting future injury among women in abusive relationships.
      15187761 The Journal of trauma, 2004 April : 906-12; discussion 912
    • Donovan DM, Dunn CW, Rivara FP, Jurkovich GJ, Ries RR, Gentilello LM
      Comparison of trauma center patient self-reports and proxy reports on the Alcohol Use Identification Test (AUDIT).
      15187756 The Journal of trauma, 2004 April : 873-82
    • Cummings P, Rivara FP
      Car occupant death according to the restraint use of other occupants: a matched cohort study.
      14734597 JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association, 2004 Jan. 21 : 343-9
    • Nathens AB, Jurkovich GJ, MacKenzie EJ, Rivara FP
      A resource-based assessment of trauma care in the United States.
      14749585 The Journal of trauma, 2004 Jan. : 173-8; discussion 178
    • Hanson BP, Cummings P, Rivara FP, John MT
      The association of third molars with mandibular angle fractures: a meta-analysis.
      14709255 Journal (Canadian Dental Association), 2004 Jan. : 39-43
    • Nurius PS, Macy RJ, Bhuyan R, Holt VL, Kernic MA, Rivara FP
      Contextualizing depression and physical functioning in battered women: adding vulnerability and resources to the analysis.
      14678614 Journal of interpersonal violence, 2003 Dec. : 1411-31
    • Vavilala MS, Bowen A, Lam AM, Uffman JC, Powell J, Winn HR, Rivara FP
      Blood pressure and outcome after severe pediatric traumatic brain injury.
      14676648 The Journal of trauma, 2003 Dec. : 1039-44
    • Garrison MM, Christakis DA, Ebel BE, Wiehe SE, Rivara FP
      Smoking cessation interventions for adolescents: a systematic review.
      14580641 American journal of preventive medicine, 2003 Nov. : 363-7
    • Christakis DA, Garrison MM, Ebel BE, Wiehe SE, Rivara FP
      Pediatric smoking prevention interventions delivered by care providers: a systematic review.
      14580640 American journal of preventive medicine, 2003 Nov. : 358-62
    • Kernic MA, Wolf ME, Holt VL, McKnight B, Huebner CE, Rivara FP
      Behavioral problems among children whose mothers are abused by an intimate partner.
      14637299 Child abuse & neglect, 2003 Nov. : 1231-46
    • Rivara FP
      Mental health of children, adolescents, and their parents: a call for papers.
      12963584 Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine, 2003 Sept. : 844
    • Segui-Gomez M, Chang DC, Paidas CN, Jurkovich GJ, Mackenzie EJ, Rivara FP
      Pediatric trauma care: an overview of pediatric trauma systems and their practices in 18 US states.
      12891486 Journal of pediatric surgery, 2003 Aug. : 1162-9
    • Rivara FP, Whitaker R, Sherman PM, Cuttler L
      Influencing the childhood behaviors that lead to obesity: role of the pediatrician and health care professional.
      12912772 Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine, 2003 Aug. : 719-20
    • Silverstein M, Grossman DC, Koepsell TD, Rivara FP
      Pediatricians' reported practices regarding early education and Head Start referral.
      12777552 Pediatrics, 2003 June : 1351-7
    • Bombaro KM, Engrav LH, Carrougher GJ, Wiechman SA, Faucher L, Costa BA, Heimbach DM, Rivara FP, Honari S
      What is the prevalence of hypertrophic scarring following burns?
      12781605 Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries, 2003 June : 299-302
    • Blackmore CC, Jurkovich GJ, Linnau KF, Cummings P, Hoffer EK, Rivara FP
      Assessment of volume of hemorrhage and outcome from pelvic fracture.
      12742953 Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960), 2003 May : 504-8; discussion 508-9
    • Burns SP, Rivara FP, Johansen JM, Thompson DC
      Rehabilitation of traumatic injuries: use of the delphi method to identify topics for evidence-based review.
      12704283 American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation / Association of Academic Physiatrists, 2003 May : 410-4
    • Kernic MA, Holt VL, Stoner JA, Wolf ME, Rivara FP
      Resolution of depression among victims of intimate partner violence: is cessation of violence enough?
      12816399 Violence and victims, 2003 April : 115-29
    • Cummings P, Rivara FP
      Reporting statistical information in medical journal articles.
      12695224 Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine, 2003 April : 321-4
    • Johnston BD, Rivara FP
      Injury control: new challenges.
      12671097 Pediatrics in review / American Academy of Pediatrics, 2003 April : 111-8
    • Ransom GH, Mann FA, Vavilala MS, Haruff R, Rivara FP
      Cerebral infarct in head injury: relationship to child abuse.
      12686323 Child abuse & neglect, 2003 April : 381-92
    • Ebel BE, Koepsell TD, Bennett EE, Rivara FP
      Too small for a seatbelt: predictors of booster seat use by child passengers.
      12671146 Pediatrics, 2003 April : e323-7
    • Nathens AB, Rivara FP, Jurkovich GJ, Maier RV, Johansen JM, Thompson DC
      Management of the injured patient: identification of research topics for systematic review using the delphi technique.
      12634544 The Journal of trauma, 2003 March : 595-601
    • Ebel BE, Koepsell TD, Bennett EE, Rivara FP
      Use of child booster seats in motor vehicles following a community campaign: a controlled trial.
      12588272 JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association, 2003 Feb. 19 : 879-84
    • Villaveces A, Cummings P, Koepsell TD, Rivara FP, Lumley T, Moffat J
      Association of alcohol-related laws with deaths due to motor vehicle and motorcycle crashes in the United States, 1980-1997.
      12522020 American journal of epidemiology, 2003 Jan. 15 : 131-40
    • Cummings P, Wells JD, Rivara FP
      Estimating seat belt effectiveness using matched-pair cohort methods.
      12479905 Accident; analysis and prevention, 2003 Jan. : 143-9
    • Arbabi S, Jurkovich GJ, Rivara FP, Nathens AB, Moore M, Demarest GB, Maier RV
      Patient outcomes in academic medical centers: influence of fellowship programs and in-house on-call attending surgeon.
      12511148 Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960), 2003 Jan. : 47-51; discussion 51
    • Holt VL, Kernic MA, Wolf ME, Rivara FP
      Do protection orders affect the likelihood of future partner violence and injury?
      12554019 American journal of preventive medicine, 2003 Jan. : 16-21
    • Ulrich YC, Cain KC, Sugg NK, Rivara FP, Rubanowice DM, Thompson RS
      Medical care utilization patterns in women with diagnosed domestic violence.
      12554018 American journal of preventive medicine, 2003 Jan. : 9-15
    • Rivara FP
      Introduction: the scientific basis for injury control.
      12923987 Epidemiologic reviews, 2003 : 20-3
    • Rivara FP, Whitaker R, Cuttler L, Sherman PM
      Obesity, nutrition, and physical activity--call for papers.
      12197787 Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine, 2002 Sept. : 852
    • Cummings P, Koepsell TD, Rivara FP, McKnight B, Mack C
      Air bags and passenger fatality according to passenger age and restraint use.
      12192221 Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.), 2002 Sept. : 525-32
    • Johnston BD, Rivara FP, Droesch RM, Dunn C, Copass MK
      Behavior change counseling in the emergency department to reduce injury risk: a randomized, controlled trial.
      12165577 Pediatrics, 2002 Aug. : 267-74
    • Bulger EM, Nathens AB, Rivara FP, Moore M, MacKenzie EJ, Jurkovich GJ
      Management of severe head injury: institutional variations in care and effect on outcome.
      12163808 Critical care medicine, 2002 Aug. : 1870-6
    • Rivara FP
      Research and human subjects.
      12090827 Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine, 2002 July : 641-2
    • Kernic MA, Holt VL, Wolf ME, McKnight B, Huebner CE, Rivara FP
      Academic and school health issues among children exposed to maternal intimate partner abuse.
      12038886 Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine, 2002 June : 549-55
    • Zatzick DF, Kang SM, Müller HG, Russo JE, Rivara FP, Katon W, Jurkovich GJ, Roy-Byrne P
      Predicting posttraumatic distress in hospitalized trauma survivors with acute injuries.
      12042181 The American journal of psychiatry, 2002 June : 941-6
    • Cummings P, McKnight B, Rivara FP, Grossman DC
      Association of driver air bags with driver fatality: a matched cohort study.
      12003882 BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2002 May 11 : 1119-22
    • Vavilala MS, Nathens AB, Jurkovich GJ, Mackenzie E, Rivara FP
      Risk factors for venous thromboembolism in pediatric trauma.
      11988660 The Journal of trauma, 2002 May : 922-7
    • Rivara FP, Cummings P
      Publication bias: the problem and some suggestions.
      11980544 Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine, 2002 May : 424-5
    • Mock CN, Grossman DC, Kaufman RP, Mack CD, Rivara FP
      The relationship between body weight and risk of death and serious injury in motor vehicle crashes.
      11829292 Accident; analysis and prevention, 2002 March : 221-8
    • Cummings P, Rivara FP
      Responding to reviewers' comments on submitted articles.
      11814367 Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine, 2002 Feb. : 105-7
    • Cummings P, Rivara FP
      Reviewing manuscripts for Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
      11772184 Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine, 2002 Jan. : 11-3
    • Rivara FP
      Call for papers on violence.
      11772182 Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine, 2002 Jan. : 8

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  • Presentations Title Event Location Date
    Keynote Speaker Owen Wells Symposium, Maine Medical Center Maine Nov. 13, 2009
    35th William T. Fitts, Jr. Oration Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Pittsburgh, PA Oct. 2, 2009
    Non-randomized designs - Workshop Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting Baltimore, MD May 5, 2009
    Ethical issues in manuscript preparation - Workshop Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting Baltimore, MD May 2, 2009

Overview

Board Certification(s)

Pediatrics

Medical/Professional School

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

Clinical Interests

General pediatrics, Injury prevention

Research Description

I have devoted my career to studying childhood injury and injury prevention. I have conducted seminal research on the effectiveness of bicycle helmets and developed programs to promote helmet use that have been copied and implemented around the world. These programs have led to a significant reduction in the number of children sustaining bicycle-related traumatic brain injury and death.

My research has contributed to a better understanding of the role of gun ownership in violence in the home, the impact of intimate partner violence on the family, the societal costs of intimate partner violence, the epidemiology and prevention of pedestrian injuries, the outcome after trauma in children and adults, the role of alcohol in trauma and the effect of brief intervention programs on reducing alcohol use, and the prevention of alcohol abuse.

My current research is on the long term disability after traumatic brain injury in children, interventions to reduce the prevalence of PTSD after traumatic injury in adolescents, and the genetic factors associated with poor recovery from trauma. I am the author of over 390 publications, the majority on injury control.

Research Focus Area

Health Promotion and Disease Prevention