Kristyn Jeffries

Researcher

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

faculty

3 h-index 14 pubs 60 cited

Research Areas

Child and Adolescent Health Injury Epidemiology and Prevention Mental Health Research Topics Health Disparities and Outcomes Behavioral Health and Interventions Emergency and Acute Care Studies Trauma and Emergency Care Studies

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Kristyn Jeffries' research centers on pediatric health, with a particular focus on injury prevention and mental health outcomes. Her publications investigate the timing of mental health service use following pediatric firearm injuries and examine racial and ethnic disparities in unintentional pediatric injuries requiring hospitalization. Jeffries has also studied youth suicide in relation to preceding mental health diagnoses and explored the impact of written language preferences on patient discharge for bronchiolitis. Additionally, her work includes improving knowledge of all-terrain vehicle safety through resident-led outreach programs and analyzing resource utilization for snakebites in pediatric populations. Jeffries collaborates with researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, including Jacob Filipek, Dustin Williford, and Rebecca Cantu, with whom she shares multiple publications.

Metrics

  • h-index: 3
  • Publications: 14
  • Citations: 60

Selected Publications

  • A Rare Cause of Lemierre’s Syndrome (2025) DOI
  • Snakebites and resource utilization in pediatric urban and rural populations in the United States: 2016–2023 (2025) DOI
  • Explanatory capacity of measures of community context for paediatric injury hospitalisations in the USA (2025) DOI
  • Youth Suicide and Preceding Mental Health Diagnosis (2024) DOI
  • Impact of Preferred Written Language in Patients Discharged With Bronchiolitis From a Children’s Hospital (2024) DOI
  • A Holistic Approach to Childhood Firearm Injuries (2023) DOI
  • Timing of Mental Health Service Use After a Pediatric Firearm Injury (2023) DOI

Collaborators

Researchers in the database who share publications

Jacob Filipek University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 3 shared publications Dustin Williford University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 2 shared publications Rebecca Cantu University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 2 shared publications Charalene R. Fisher University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 1 shared publication

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