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MCKENZIE LABORATORY
My research focuses on the adoption of parent safety practices (such as the use of child safety seats, smoke alarms, poison storage devices and carbon monoxide detectors) to reduce child injuries. My current projects include obese children and child safety seat use; maternal depressive symptoms and parent safety practices; Ohio voters attitudes and practices related to ATV use; developing aN innovative educational tool to increase booster seat use among parents of children 4-8 years of age; parent safety practices and impulsivity; and, evaluation of a brief child safety intervention in an emergency department.
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| Education |
| 2003 |
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PhD |
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Health Policy and Management |
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Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland |
| Professional Experience |
| 2005- PRES |
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University |
| 2003- 2005 |
Assistant Scientist, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management
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Research Interests
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, sports and activity-related injuries.
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MCKENZIE LABORATORY STAFF
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Principal Investigator:
Lara B. McKenzie, PhD, MA
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| Selected Publications |
| Lindstrom S, Solomon B, et al. Neighborhood Violoence and its Association with Mothers' Health: Assessing the Relative Importance of Perceived Safety and Exposure to Violence. J Urban Health. 2009;86(4):538-50. PubMed ID: 19343500 |
Douglas AY, Mehan TJ, MA, Collins CL, Smith GA, and McKenzie LB. Acute Computer-related Injuries Treated in U.S. Emergency Departments, 1994-2006. Am J Prev Med. 2009;37(1):24–28. PubMed ID: 19524141 |
| Randazzo C, Stolz U, Hodges N, and McKenzie LB. Pediatric Tree House-related Injuries Treated in Emergency Departments in the United States, 1990-2006. Acad Emerg Med. 2009;16(3):235-242. PubMed ID: 19281495 |
| Stolz U, McKenzie LB, Mehan TJ, and Smith GA. Assessing Public Opinion Regarding Potential ATV-Related Policies. J Safety Res. 2009;40(2):149-55. PubMed ID: 19433207 |
| Watson DS, Smith GA, Mehan TJ, and McKenzie LB. Golf Cart-Related Injuries in the United States. Am J Prev Med. 2008;35(1):55-59. PubMed ID: 18541177 |
| D’Souza A, Smith GA, and McKenzie LB. Bunk Bed-Related Iinjuries Among Children and Adolescents Treated in Emergency Departments in the United States, 1990-2005. Pediatrics. 2008;121(6):e1696-1702. PubMed ID: 18519473 |
| Singh S, Smith GA, Fields SK, and McKenzie LB. Gymnastics-Related Injuries to Children Treated in Emergency Departments in the United States, 1990-2005. Pediatrics. 2008;121(4):e954-60. PubMed ID: 18381523 |
| Bishai D, Trevitt JL, Zhang Y, McKenzie LB, Leventhal T, Gielen AC, and Guyer B. Risk Factors for Unintentional Injuries in Children: Are Grandparents Protective?. Pediatrics. 2008 Nov;122(5):e980-7. PubMed ID: 18977965 |
Manganello JA, and McKenzie LB. Home and Child Safety on Reality Television. Health Education Research Advance Access. January 23, 2008. |
| D’Souza AL, Smith GA, and Trifiletti LB. Ladder-Related Injuries Treated in Eergency Departments in the United States, 1990-2005. Am J Prev Med. 2007;32(5):413-418. PubMed ID: 17478268 |
| Gielen AC, McKenzie LB, McDonald EM, Shields WC, Wang MC, Cheng YJ, Weaver NL, and 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):330-3. PubMed ID: 17671059 |
| Gardner R, Smith GA, Chany AM, Fernandez SA, and 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;161(9):889-95. PubMed ID: 17768290 |
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