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ArticleSubstance use & misuse2026

Implementing an Education Intervention for Prescription Opioid Pain Medication at Pediatric Trauma Centers.

Michael J Mello, Janette Baird, Anthony Spirito, Kelli Scott, Mark R Zonfrillo, Lois K Lee, Andrew Kiragu, Emily Christison-Lagay, Julie Bromberg, Stephanie Ruest and 5 more

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Michael J MelloDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9683-6889
Janette BairdDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2729-4008
Anthony SpiritoDepartment of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3859-2083
Kelli ScottCenter for Dissemination and Implementation Science, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4511-8825
Mark R ZonfrilloDepartment of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0610-9563
Lois K LeeDivision of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3551-5050
Andrew KiraguDepartment of Pediatrics, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1067-2922
Emily Christison-LagayDivision of Pediatric of Surgery, Yale New Haven Children's Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6277-0906
Julie BrombergDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3138-4521
Stephanie RuestDepartment of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.ORCID 0009-0006-2221-7309
Charles PruittDepartment of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Primary Children's Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Karla A LawsonDell Children's Trauma and Injury Research Center, Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas, Austin, Texas.ORCID 0000-0002-1408-6787
Isam W NasrDivision of Pediatric Surgery, Johns Hopkins Children's Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1848-5259
Jeremy T AidlenDivision of Pediatric Surgery, UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
Sara BeckerCenter for Dissemination and Implementation Science, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Funding

IAMSBIRT: Implementing Alcohol Misuse SBIRT in a National Cohort of Pediatric Trauma CentersR01AA025914 · NIAAA · RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL · PI MELLO, MICHAEL J · 2017 to 2021
$3.7M
NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA025914
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAdolescents treated in trauma centers are frequently prescribed opioid pain medication for pain management at hospital discharge. There has been an increase in adolescent opioid overdose deaths requiring additional education on risks associated with opioid pain medication use in this population.

objectivesThe objective of this analysis was to assess the implementation at ten US pediatric trauma centers of an opioid pain medication prevention education intervention and whether implementation of the intervention was also associated with an increase of delivery of pain medication education and a reduction in opioid prescribing.

resultsAcross all sites during the study period, 4,371 adolescent patients received an opioid pain medication at discharge. Opioid pain medication education increased from 20.9% before the intervention's implementation to 37.3% (

conclusionAn intervention that includes training staff on delivery of opioid pain medication education for adolescents and family members can improve education provided to patients being prescribed opioid pain medication at discharge from pediatric trauma centers.

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Analgesics, OpioidPatient Education as TopicPractice Patterns, Physicians'Trauma CentersAdolescentFemaleHumansMalePain ManagementAnalgesics, Opioidadolescentalcohol and drug usePain medication educationtrauma

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PMID41481074
PMCPMC13650767

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