International and Domestic Health Equity and Leadership (IDHEAL) UCLA Emergency Medicine

Publications by IDHEAL Faculty

• Characterizing injury at a tertiary referral hospital in Kenya. Janeway H, O'Reilly G, Schmachtenberg F, Kharva N, Wachira B. PLoS One. 2019 Jul 24;14(7). PMID 31339962
• Barriers to the Right to Health Among Patients of a Public Emergency Department After Implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Samra S, Pelayo E, Richman M, McCollough M, Taira BR. Health Equity 2019; 3(1).
• Hospital and Health System-Level Interventions to Improve Care for Limited English Proficiency Patients: A Systematic Review. Taira BR, Kim K, Mody N. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2019 Mar 22. [Epub ahead of print] Review. PMID: 30910471
• Advancing the Biosocial Perspective in the Clinical Training Environment: Surmounting the Barriers and Constructing the Framework. Taira BR, Hsieh D. Acad Med. 2019 Feb 19. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 30801271
• Language assistance for limited English proficiency patients in a public ED: determining the unmet need. Taira BR, Orue A. BMC Health Serv Res. 2019 Jan 22;19(1):56. PMID:30670017
• Consensus Statement on Urgent Care Centers and Retail Clinics in Acute Care of Children. Saidinejad M, Paul A, Gausche-Hill M, Woolridge D, Heins A, Scott WR, Friesen P, Rayburn D, Conners G, Petrack E, Horeczko T, Stoner M, Edgerton E, Joseph M. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2019 Feb;35(2):138-142. PMID: 30422946
• Assessment of Racial/Ethnic and Income Disparities in the Prescription of Opioids and Other Controlled Medications in California. Friedman J, Kim D, Schneberk T, Bourgois P, Shin M, Celious A, Schriger DL. JAMA Intern Med. 2019 Feb 11. PMID 30742196
• Sexual Assault Infectious Disease Prophylaxis. Sachs CJ, Thomas B. StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2019 Jan-. 2019 May 13. PMID 29489253

• Socioeconomic and geographical disparities in prescription and illicit opioid-related overdose deaths in Orange County, California, from 2010-2014. Marshall JR, Gassner SF, Anderson CL, Cooper RJ, Lotfipour S, Chakravarthy B. Subst Abus. 2018 Feb 21:1-7. doi: 10.1080/08897077.2018.1442899. [Epub ahead of print] PMID:29465301
• Dialysis in Undocumented Patients: Death on the Doorstep of the Emergency Department: May 2018 Annals of Emergency Medicine Journal Club. Schneberk T, Cooper RJ. Ann Emerg Med. 2018 May;71(5):650-651. PMID:29681312
• Improving Communication With Patients With Limited English Proficiency. Taira BR. JAMA Intern Med. 2018 May 1;178(5):605-606. PMID:29554183
• The train the trainer model for the propagation of resuscitation knowledge in limited resource settings: A systematic review. Anderson CR, Taira BR. Resuscitation. 2018 Jun;127:1-7 Epub 2018 Mar 12. PMID:29545135
• The Supply of Prescription Opioids: Contributions of Episodic-Care Prescribers and High-Quantity Prescribers. Schneberk T, Raffetto B, Kim D, Schriger DL. Ann Emerg Med. 2018 Jun;71(6):668-673. PMID 29275945
• The Patient-Centered Emergency Department. Saidinejad M. Adv Pediatr. 2018 Aug;65(1):105-120. PMID: 30053919
• 2018 Academic Emergency Medicine Consensus Conference: A Workforce Development Research Agenda for Pediatric Care in the Emergency Department. Merritt C, Dietrich AM, Bogie AL, Wu F, Khanna K, Ballasiotes MK, Gerardi M, Ishimine PT, Denninghoff KR, Saidinejad M. Acad Emerg Med. 2018 Oct 18. PMID: 30338608
• Dialysis in Undocumented Patients: Death on the Doorstep of the Emergency Department: Answers to the May 2018 Journal Club Questions. Schneberk T, Cooper RJ. Ann Emerg Med. 2018 Oct;72(4):496-503. .PMID:30236329
• Expected Practice as a Novel Antibiotic Stewardship Intervention. Yadav K, Masuda E, Minejima E, Spellberg B. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2018 Dec 3;6(1):ofy319. PMID: 30631789

• Physician perspectives on the management of viral hepatitis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Kim YA, Trinh S, Thura S, Kyi KP, Lee T, Sze S, Richards A, Aronsohn A, Wong GLH, Tanaka Y, Dusheiko G, Nguyen MH. PLoS One. 2017 Aug 10;12(8). PMID 28797080
• Hot-Spotters Aren't "The Problem"...But They Are Emblematic of the Failure of U.S. Healthcare. Kanzaria HK, Hoffman JR. J Gen Intern Med. 2017 Jan;32(1):6-8. PMID:27599488
• Evaluation of a short intervention on screening for intimate partner violence in an ED. Hammock A, Palermo T, Keogler R, Francois P, Schiavone F, Taira BR. Am J Emerg Med. 2017 Jan;35(1):171-173. PMID:27789103
• Guarding Against Overtesting, Overdiagnosis, and Overtreatment of Older Adults: Thinking Beyond Imaging and Injuries to Weigh Harms and Benefits. Hoffman JR, Carpenter CR. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2017 May;65(5):903-905. PMID:28170085
• Structured Clinical Decision Aids Are Seldom Compared With Subjective Physician Judgment, and Are Seldom Superior. Schriger DL, Elder JW, Cooper RJ. Ann Emerg Med. 2017 Sep;70(3):338-344.e3. PMID:28238497
• Five High-Cost Patient Groups. Kanzaria HK, Hoffman JR. J Gen Intern Med. 2017 Sep;32(9):966. PMID:28664258
• The Highland Health Advocates: a preliminary evaluation of a novel programme addressing the social needs of emergency department patients. Losonczy LI, Hsieh D, Wang M, Hahn C, Trivedi T, Rodriguez M, Fahimi J, Alter H. Emerg Med J. 2017 Sep;34(9):599-605. PMID:28642372
• Poverty Simulation: An Experiential Learning Tool for Teaching Social Determinants of Health. Hsieh DT, Coates WC. AEM Educ Train. 2017 Dec 26;2(1):51-54. PMID:30051066
• Systems Opportunities to Reduce ED Crowding From Nonemergency Referrals. Sachs CJ, Yu CK, Nauka PC, Schriger DL. Am J Med Qual. 2017 Mar 1:1062860617700721. doi: 10.1177/1062860617700721.PMID: 28693337
• Effectiveness of SBIRT for Alcohol Use Disorders in the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review. Barata, Isabel A.; Shandro, Jamie; Montgomery, Margaret; Polansky, Robin; Sachs, Carolyn J.; Duber, Herbert C.; et al.(2017). West J of Emerg Med. 2017 Oct;18(6):1143-1152. PMID 29085549
• All in One Minute: Eulogy for a Pedestrian and Well-being for Us. Sachs CJ. Ann Emerg Med. 2017 Sep;70(3):425. PMID 28844260

• Accuracy of the Broselow Tape in South Sudan, "The Hungriest Place on Earth". Clark MC, Lewis RJ, Fleischman RJ, Ogunniyi AA, Patel DS, Donaldson RI. Acad Emerg Med. 2016 Jan;23(1):21-8. PMID: 26671318
• Impact of a novel, resource appropriate resuscitation curriculum on Nicaraguan resident physician's management of cardiac arrest. Taira BR, Orue A, Stapleton E, Lovato L, Vangala S, Tinoco LS, Morales O. J Educ Eval Health Prof. 2016 Jun 9;13:25. PMID:27378010
• Social Emergency Medicine: Embracing the Dual Role of the Emergency Department in Acute Care and Population Health. Anderson ES, Hsieh D, Alter HJ. Ann Emerg Med. 2016 Jul;68(1):21-5. PMID:26921967
• The readiness of emergency and trauma care in low- and middle-income countries: a cross-sectional descriptive study of 42 public hospitals in Albania. Latifi R, Gunn JK, Stroster JA, Zaimi E, Olldashi F, Dogjani A, Kerci M, Draçini X, Kuçani J, Shatri Z, Kociraj A, Boci A, Donaldson RI. Int J Emerg Med. 2016 Dec;9(1):26. PMID: 27718129
• Using stakeholder engagement to develop a patient-centered pediatric asthma intervention. Shelef DQ, Rand C, Streisand R, Horn IB, Yadav K, Stewart L, Fousheé N, Waters D, Teach SJ. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2016 Dec;138(6):1512-1517. PMID:27744029
• Dissemination and Implementation of Shared Decision Making Into Clinical Practice: A Research Agenda. Kanzaria HK, Booker-Vaughns J, Itakura K, Yadav K, Kane BG, Gayer C, Lin G, LeBlanc A, Gibson R, Chen EH, Williams P, Carpenter CR. Acad Emerg Med. 2016 Dec;23(12):1368-1379. PMID:27561951
• The Role of Education in the Implementation of Shared Decision Making in Emergency Medicine: A Research Agenda. Chen EH, Kanzaria HK, Itakura K, Booker-Vaughns J, Yadav K, Kane BG. Acad Emerg Med. 2016 Dec;23(12):1362-1367. PMID:27442908
• Fostering a Commitment to Quality: Best Practices in Safety-net Hospitals. Hochman M, Briggs-Malonson M, Wilkes E, Bergman J, Daskivich LP, Moin T, Brook I, Ryan GW, Brook RH, Mangione CM. 2016. PMID:27763471

• A comparison of Web-based and small-group palliative and end-of-life care curricula: a quasi-randomized controlled study at one institution. Day FC, Srinivasan M, Der-Martirosian C, Griffin E, Hoffman JR, Wilkes MS. Acad Med. 2015 Mar;90(3):331-7. PMID:25539518
• Emergency physician perceptions of shared decision-making. Kanzaria HK, Brook RH, Probst MA, Harris D, Berry SH, Hoffman JR. Acad Emerg Med. 2015 Apr;22(4):399-405. PMID:25807995
• The Wiki: a key social media tool. Ostermayer DG, Donaldson RI. Ann Emerg Med. 2015 Apr;65(4):466. PMID: 25805033
• A Multicenter Evaluation of the Impact of Sex on Abdominal and Fracture Pain Care. Siddiqui A, Belland L, Rivera-Reyes L, Handel D, Yadav K, Heard K, Eisenberg A, Hwang U. Med Care. 2015 Nov;53(11):948-53 PMID:26465122