College of Public Health

Publications – 2003

Doebbeling BN, Vaughn TE, McCoy KD, Beekmann SE, Woolson RF, Ferguson KJ, Torner JC. Percutaneous injury, blood exposure, and adherence to standard precautions: are hospital-based health care providers still at risk? Clin Infect Dis. 37(8):1006-13, 2003.

Murty SA, Peek-Asa C, Zwerling C, Stromquist AM, Burmeister LF, Merchant JA. Physical and emotional partner abuse reported by men and women in a rural community. Am J Public Health. 93(7):1073-5, Jul 2003.

Park H, Reynolds SJ, Kelly KM, Stromquist AM, Burmeister LF, Zwerling C, Merchant JA. Characterization of agricultural tasks performed by youth in the Keokuk County Rural Health Study. Appl Occup Environ Hyg. 18(6):418-429, Jun 2003.

Zwerling C, Whitten PS, Sprince NL, Davis CS, Wallace RB, Blanck P, Heeringa SG. Workplace accommodations for people with disabilities: National Health Interview Survey Disability Supplement, 1994-1995. J Occup Environ Med. 45(5):517-525, May 2003.

Wibbenmeyer LA, Amelon MJ, Torner JC, Kealey GP, de Mola RM, Lundell J, Lynch CF, Aspelund T, Zwerling C. Population-based assessment of burn injury in southern Iowa: identification of children and young-adult-at-risk groups and behaviors. J Burn Care Rehabil. 24(4):192-202, Jul/Aug 2003.

Young T, Torner JC, Sihler KC, Hansen AR, Peek-Asa C, Zwerling C. Factors associated with mode of transport to acute care hospitals in rural communities. J Emerg Med. 24(2):189-98, 2003.

Sprince NL, Park H, Zwerling C, Lynch CF, Whitten PS, Thu K, Burmeister LF, Gillette PP, Alavanja MCR. Risk factors for animal-related injury among Iowa livestock farmers: a case-control study nested in the Agricultural Health Study. J Rural Health. 19(2):165-173, Spring 2003.

Peek-Asa C, Zwerling C. Role of environmental interventions in injury control and prevention. Epidemiol Rev. 25:77-89, 2003.

Nordstrom DL, Zwerling C, Stromquist AM, Burmeister LF, Merchant JA. Identification of risk factors for non-fatal child injury in a rural health area: Keokuk County Rural Health Study. Inj Prev. 9(3):235-240, Sep 2003.

Sprince NL, Zwerling C, Lynch CF, Whitten PS, Thu K, Gillette P, Burmeister LF, Alavanja MCR. Risk factors for falls among Iowa farmers: a case-control study nested in the Agricultural Health Study. Am J Ind Med. 44:265-272, 2003.

Kraus JF, Rice T, Peek-Asa C, McArthur DL. Facial trauma and the risk of intracranial injury in motorcycle riders. Ann Emerg Med. 41:18-26, Jan 2003.

Peek-Asa C, Ramirez M, Seligson H, Shoaf K. Seismic, structural, and individual factors associated with earthquake-related injury. Inj Prev. 9:62-66, 2003.

Castro RP, Peek-Asa C, Ruiz A. Violence against women in Mexico: a study of abuse before and during pregnancy. Am J Public Health. 93(7):1110-1116, 2003.

Limbos MA, Peek-Asa C. Intentional and unintentional injuries in a large urban school district. J Sch Health. 73(3):101-106, 2003.

Rice T, Peek-Asa C, Kraus JF. Nighttime driving, passenger transport, and the risk of injury crash among teenage drivers. Inj Prev. 9(3):245-250, 2003.

Castro RP, Peek-Asa C, Garcia L, Ruiz A, Kraus JF. Risks for abuse against pregnant Hispanic women. Morelos, Mexico and Los Angeles County, California. Am J Prev Med. 25(4):325-32, 2003.

Anton D, Cook TM, Rosecrance JC, Merlino LA. Method for quantitatively assessing physical risk factors during variable noncyclic work. Scand J Work Environ Health. 29(5):354-62, 2003.

Merlino L, Rosecrance JC, Anton D, Cook TM. Musculoskeletal disorders and job factors among apprentice construction workers.  Appl Occup Environ Hyg. 18(1):57-64, 2003.

Hartiar K, Cook TM. Participatory Ergonomics in Slovakia. Euro Rehab. 3:162-167, 2003.

Hitchon PW, Brenton MD, Black AG, From A, Harrod JS, Barry C, Serhan H, Torner JC. In vitro biomechanical comparison of pedicle screws, sublaminar hooks, and sublaminar cables. J Neurosurg Spine. 99:104-9, 2003.

Hitchon PW, Brenton MD, Coppes JK, From AM, Torner JC. Factors affecting the pullout strength of self-drilling and self-tapping anterior cervical screws. Spine. 28:9-13, 2003.

Sprince NL, Zwerling C, Lynch CF, Whitten P, Thu K, Logsden-Sackett N, Burmeister LF, Sandler DP, Alavanja MC. Risk factors for agricultural injury: A case-control analysis of Iowa farmers in the Agricultural Health Study. J Agric Saf Health. 9(1):5-18, 2003.

Durairaj L, Will JG, Torner JC, Doebbeling BN. Prognostic factors for mortality following interhospital transfers to the medical intensive care unit of a tertiary referral center. Crit Care Med. 31:1981-6, 2003.

Hund AM, Plumert JM. Does information about what things are influence children’s memory for where things are? Dev Psychol. 39(6):939-948, 2003.

Plumert JM. Children’s overestimation of their physical abilities: links to injury proneness. In G. Savelsbergh, K. Davids, J. Van derKamp, & S. Bennett (Eds.), Development of movement coordination in children: applications in the field of ergonomics, health sciences and sport. New York: Routledge, 2003.

Schwebel DC, Binder SC, Sales JM, Plumert JM. Is there a link between children’s motor abilities and unintentional injuries? J Safety Res. 34(2):135-141, 2003.

Lundell, JA. Motor Vehicle Occupant Safety in a Rural State. Tex J Rural Health. 21(4):2-10, 2003.

Hartley, C.C. A therapeutic jurisprudence approach to the trial process in domestic violence felony trials. Violence Against Women. 9:410-437, 2003

Erez, E. Hartley, C.C. Battered immigrant women and the legal system: A therapeutic jurisprudence perspective. West Criminol Rev. 4:155-169, 2003.

Wibbenmeyer LA, Amelon MJ, Loret de Mola RM, Lewis II RW, Kealy GP. Trash and brush burning: an under-appreciated mechanism of thermal injury in a rural community. J Burn Care Rehabil. 24(2):85-9, 2003.

Wibbenmeyer LA, Hoballah JJ, Amelon MJ, Chang PX, Loret de Mola RM, Lewis II RW, Warner B, Kealey GP. The prevalence of venous thromboembolism of the lower extremit among thermally injured patients determined by duplex sonography. J Trauma Inj Infect Crit Care. 55(6):1162-7, 2003.

Peek-Asa C, Jenkins L (Eds.). Workplace violence: How do we improve approaches to prevention? Clinics in Occupational and Environmental Medicine: Workplace Violence. Elsevier Sciences, New York, 2003.

Wickens CD, Lee JD, Liu Y, Gordon SE. An Introduction to Human Factors Engineering. 2nd ed. New York: Longman, 2004.

Erez E. & Hartley CC. Battered immigrant women and the legal system: A therapeutic jurisprudence perspective. Western Criminology Review, 4(2): 155-169, 2003.

Hartley CC. A therapeutic jurisprudence approach to the trial process in domestic violence felony trials. Violence Against Women, 9(4): 410-437. 2003.

Merlino L, Rosecrance JC, Anton D, Cook TM. Symptoms of musculoskeletal among apprentice construction workers. Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 18(1): 1-8, 2003.

Proceedings and Posters

McGehee, D V, Lee J D, Rizzo M. Proceedings of the Second International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driving Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design. Iowa City, IA: The University of Iowa, Public Policy Center, 2003

Plumert JM, Kearney JK, Cremer JF. Virtual environments as laboratories for studying children’s cognitive development: Results from an immersive, interactive bicycling simulator. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, Park City, UT, October, 2003.