Shope, Bingham coauthor study on benefits of talks with teens in ER

Posted 08/05/2010


Research professor and UMTRI associate director Jean Shope and research professor Ray Bingham, head of UMTRI's Young Driver Behavior and Injury Prevention Group, are coauthors on a study published August 4 in a theme issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. The study shows how a brief, motivational talk with teens in the emergency room reduced violence and alcohol misuse. Read the U-M news release.