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E. Melinda Mahabee-Gittens
Researcher at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Publications - 125
Citations - 1481
E. Melinda Mahabee-Gittens is an academic researcher from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Tobacco smoke. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 97 publications receiving 1038 citations. Previous affiliations of E. Melinda Mahabee-Gittens include Boston Children's Hospital & University of Arizona.
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Identifying Children with Pneumonia in the Emergency Department
E. Melinda Mahabee-Gittens,Jacqueline Grupp-Phelan,Alan S. Brody,Lane F. Donnelly,Sheryl E. Allen Bracey,Elena M. Duma,Mia L. Mallory,Gail B. Slap +7 more
TL;DR: The combination of age older than 12 years, RR 50 or greater, oxygen saturation 96% or less, and in children under age 12 months, nasal flaring, can be used in determining which young children with lower respiratory tract infection symptoms have radiographic pneumonia.
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The dynamic role of parental influences in preventing adolescent smoking initiation.
TL;DR: The findings provide empirical evidence to suggest that in order to prevent youth from initiating smoking, parents should be actively involved in their adolescents' lives and guard them against association with peers who smoke.
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Tobacco smoke exposure disparities persist in U.S. children: NHANES 1999-2014.
TL;DR: Investigation of how the prevalence of TSE varied from 1999 to 2014 among U.S. children and associations between sociodemographic characteristics and TSE by two-year increases concluded that targeted tobacco control efforts are needed to reduce existing TSE disparities among children.
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Predicting 3-month risk for adolescent suicide attempts among pediatric emergency department patients.
Cheryl A. King,Jacqueline Grupp-Phelan,David A. Brent,J. Michael Dean,Michael Webb,Jeffrey A. Bridge,Anthony Spirito,Lauren S. Chernick,E. Melinda Mahabee-Gittens,Rakesh D. Mistry,Margaret M. Rea,Allison Keller,Alexander J. Rogers,Rohit P. Shenoi,Mary F. Cwik,Danielle R. Busby,T. Charles Casper +16 more
TL;DR: Key risk factors for adolescent suicide attempts differ for subgroups of adolescents defined by sex and whether or not they report recent suicidal thoughts, and the importance of school and social connectedness as protective factors against suicide attempts is pointed to.
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A smoking cessation intervention plus proactive quitline referral in the pediatric emergency department: a pilot study.
TL;DR: Their results reveal increased intentions to quit and trends toward quitting, however the authors experienced difficulties with participant retention and suggestions for improvements in point prevalence and retention.