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Patient-Centered Injury Prevention
Scope
Our multi-disciplinary group conducts research to prevent injuries through:
- Communication and connection
- Informed decision-making
- Efficient and effective interventions in healthcare settings
Current Areas of Research
- Firearm suicide
- Emergency department care of suicidal adults
- Firearm access in dementia
- Older drivers
Online Educational Tools/Decision Aids
- Lock to Live (for suicidal adults – addresses safer storage of firearms and other means for suicide)
- Safety in Dementia (for caregivers – addresses firearm access, driving, and home safety)
Our Team
AFFIRM Research
American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma
Buckley Air Force Base
Colorado School of Public Health
Department of Defense Suicide Prevention Office
Harvard School of Public Health
University of California Davis
VA Eastern Colorado Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC)
VA Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC)
Harvard Business Review: How Doctors Can Help Prevent Gun Violence
Firearm suicide prevention
Depression & Anxiety: Lethal means access and assessment among suicidal emergency department patients
“Lock to Live” publications:
Injury Prevention: 'Lock to Live': Development of a Firearm Storage Decision Aid to Enhance Lethal Means Counselling and Prevent Suicide
Firearms and dementia
JAMA News: Firearms and Dementia: "A Big Deal and a Tough Issue’”
Annals of Internal Medicine: Firearms and Dementia: Clinical Considerations
Older driver safety
Traffic Injury Prevention: “Are you still driving?" Meta-synthesis of patient preferences for communication with healthcare providers
Journal of General Internal Medicine: “I Wish We Could Normalize Driving Health:" A Qualitative Study of Clinician Discussions with Older Drivers
Injury Epidemiology: Longitudinal Research on Aging Drivers (LongROAD): study design and methods
See the full list of publications for Dr. Emmy Betz, MD, MPH