Request for Funding

Medical Student Research Fellowship for Summer 2004

Mentor: Jay Woody, MD
Department: Emergency Medicine
Room number: Parkland Emergency Room Residency Offices
Mail Code: 8579
Phone number: 214-893-3572 or 214-590-1350
E-mail: jwoody@mednet.swmed.edu or jrwoody@mindspring.com
Project title: HITS Screening in Pediatric and Adolescent Populations and Development of Universal HITS

Human subjects IRB approved project number (where applicable): IRB Number: 0302-138

Project Type patient-based research

Brief Description of Project: This study will look at utilization of a short, four-item screening tool (HITS) in the adolescent population in order to enable health care providers to identify those at risk. Parents and children ages 12-18 will be recruited over a 12-month period from primary care settings, clinics, and emergency rooms. The parent/caregiver will be asked to complete a survey for children under the age of 12. Adolescents and teens over 12 years old will complete the same survey themselves. The aggregate survey data from standard long instruments; i.e. Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS), Parent-Child Conflict Tactics Scale (CTSPC) and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE), will be compared with data from the short HITS instrument. Data will be analyzed in aggregate.

Previous Research Activities or Publications with Medical Students:

None

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