• Injury and Violence During Pregnancy: The Hidden Epidemic - 2/22/05
  Hank Weiss, PhD, MPH, Center for Injury Research and Control, University of Pittsburgh. 2005 AMCHP National Conference, Washington DC. Real Video (30 min) Slides Text-only Transcript

• Car Crashes During Pregnancy - 5/27/04
  Hank Weiss, PhD, MPH, Center for Injury Research and Control, University of Pittsburgh & Monica Randall, BA, Seattle, Washington. Please visit the Elluminate Live! software installation page to load the viewing software for this presentation. is also available for download.
  • This online event was the recipient of an online learning award, the Lolas, which recognize outstanding achievement in the design, delivery and production of live online learning events from across the globe. The full Webinar can be viewed on the website of the Center for Injury Research and Control.

• Injuries During Pregnancy: Understanding and Tracking the Hidden Epidemic (third group down) - 12/11/03
  This material, consisting of six multimedia presentations, is derived from a Special Panel Session presented at The Ninth Annual Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Epidemiology Conference held December 10-12, 2003 in Tempe, Arizona.

• Pregnancy and Injury: Birth of a New Field - 04/28/03
  This material, consisting of 5 multimedia presentations, is derived from a Special Session presented at the CDC Safety In Numbers Conference, in Atlanta, Georgia.

Crash Simulation Videos

• Computerized bio-mechanical crash models developed by Virginia Tech's Impact Biomechanics Laboratory, Stefan M. Duma, Director.

  • Unbelted 35 KPH (4MB)  Belted 35 KPH w Airbag (4MB)

Pamphlets

• Should pregnant women wear seat belts? (NHTSA fact sheet - 2003, pdf)
• Multiple language brochures on seatbelts and pregnancy (South Australia)
  • English Spanish Arabic Chinese Greek Italian Khmer Vietnamese

Reviews and Published Research

• Fetal outcome in motor-vehicle crashes: effects of crash characteristics and maternal restraint Kathleen DeSantis Klinich, PhD; Carol A. C. Flannagan, PhD; Jonathan D. Rupp, PhD; Mark Sochor, MD; Lawrence W. Schneider, PhD; Mark D. Pearlman, MD. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2008;198:450.e1-450.e9.
• Injury hospitalizations of pregnant women in the United States, 2002. Kuo C, Jamieson DJ, McPheeters ML, Meikle SF, Posner SF. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2007;196:161.e1-161.e6.
• Seat Belt use, Counseling and Motor-Vehicle Injury During Pregnancy: Results from a Multi-State Population-Based Survey. Sirin H, Weiss HB, Dunning K., Sauber E. Maternal and Child Health Journal (published online: 6 March 2007).
• Long-term fetal outcomes in pregnant trauma patients. Sperry JL, Casey BM, McIntire DD, Minei JP, Gentilello LM, Shafi S. The American Journal of Surgery. 192 (6): 715-720 Dec. 2006.
• The association between developmental handicaps and traumatic brain injury during pregnancy: An issue that deserves more systematic evaluation. V. Leroy-Malherbe, C. Bonnier, E. Papiernik, E. Groos, & P. L. Andrieu. Brain Injury, December 2006; 20(13–14): 1355–1365.
• The hidden epidemic of maternal, fetal and neonatal mortality and injury due to motor vehicle crashes during pregnancy: A case of societal neglect? Weiss HB. Transportation Research Record. Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Management and Public Policy. Issue Number: 1956 (ISBN 030909965X). Washington, DC. 2006. pp 133-140.
• Profile of Mothers at Risk: An Analysis of Injury and Pregnancy Loss in 1,195 Trauma Patients Danagra G Ikossi, Ann A Lazar, Diane Morabito, John Fildes, & M Margaret Knudson. Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Volume 200, Issue 1, Pages 1-150, January 2005.
• Pregnancy Outcomes following Hospitalization for Motor Vehicle Crashes in Washington State from 1989 to 2001. Melissa A. Schiff and Victoria L. Holt. Am J Epidemiol 2005;161:503–510.
• Trauma during pregnancy: An analysis of maternal and fetal outcomes in a large population. Dina El Kady, MD, William M. Gilbert, MD, John Anderson, MD, Beate Danielsen, PhD, Dena Towner, MD, Lloyd H. Smith, MD, PhD. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology (2004) 190, 1661-8.
• Pregnancy and Seatbelts (Royal Automobile Club of Spain, RACE - 2003).
• Effect of motor vehicle crashes on adverse fetal outcomes. Hyde L, Cook L, Olson L, Weiss HB, Dean J.,  Obstet Gynecol, 2003; 102(2), 279-286.
• Prevalence & risk of pregnancy-associated motor vehicle injury hospitalizations. Weiss HB, Lawrence BA and Miller TR. Proceedings of Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine. Tempe, Arizona. September, 2002.
• Characteristics of pregnant women in motor vehicle crashes Weiss HB, Strotmeyer S. Injury Prevention, 2002 September; 8(3):207-210. 
• Fetal Deaths Related to Maternal Injury. Weiss, HB, Songer TJ, Fabio A., JAMA, 2001, October 17;286(15):1862-1868.
• The epidemiology of perinatal traumatic fetal injury mortality. Weiss, HB 1999, PhD Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. Citation, abstract (1999).

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Clinical Management Reviews

• The Pathophysiology of Trauma in Pregnancy: A review. Weintraub, Adi Y.; Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine, 2006, vol. 19, issue 10, p 601.
• Trauma and Pregnancy - EMedicine article by Edward R Newton, MD, 2003.
• Pregnancy and Trauma - EMedicine article by Andrew K. Chang, M.D., Division of Emergency Medicine, Harvard University, 2004.
• Abruptio Placentae - EMedicine article authored by Slava V. Gaufberg, M.D., Associate Chief, Research Director, Instructor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Harvard University Medical School, 2004.
• Suggested Algorithm for Management of Trauma During Pregnancy - University of Michigan, 2002.
• Management of Trauma During pregnancy - Michael W. Warner et. al.
• Trauma in Pregnancy  - Georges Desjardins MD, Trauma.org.