James Pribble, M.D. Lecturer Department of Emergency Medicine Injury Research Center 300 North Ingalls Building, Room 2D06 Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0437 (734) 615-3302 Office (734) 936-2706 Fax Email: jpribb@umich.edu

Education:
Post-Residency Fellowship, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program
M.D. Wayne State University
B.S. University of Michigan

Research Interest:

Health behavior/health education, community/ED injury prevention interventions, health/injury policy, media advocacy

Selected Publications:

Pribble JM, Trowbridge MJ, Kamat SV, Fowler EF, Goldstein KM, Hargarten SW. Identifying strategies to promote discussion of injury prevention on local television news. Submitted.

Jaffery JB, Jacobson LM, Goldstein KM, Pribble JM. Local Television News Reporting of Kidney Disease. Am J Kidney Dis 48(6), December, 2006 pp. 983-985

Pribble JM. Commentary: Morphing social norms through media messaging. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Notes. Ann Emerg Med. 2006; 48:740-42.

Pribble J, Vaca F, Garrison HG, McKay MP, Gotschall CS. A Social Norms Strategy to Reduce Impaired Driving Among 21- to 34-Year-Olds. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Notes. Ann Emerg Med. 2006;48:739.

Pribble, JM, Goldstein KM, Majersik, JJ, Barsan, WG, Brown DL, Morgenstern LB. Stroke Information Reported on Local Television News: A National Perspective. Stroke, 2006; 37:1556-1557

Pribble, JM, Goldstein, KM, Fowler, EF, Greenberg, MJ, Noel, SK, Howell, JD. Medical news for the public to use? What’s on local TV news. Am J Manag Care. 2006 Mar;12(3):170-6.

Pribble JM, Maio RF, Freed GL: Parental perceptions regarding mandatory mouthguard use in competitive youth soccer. Inj Prev 2004; 10(3): 159-162.

Zalenski RJ, Pribble JM, Shamsa F, Bock B. Earliness index predicts mortality and time to thrombolytic treatment in prehospital transported patients with AMI. Acad Emerg Med 6(5): 473, 1999

Invited Lectures

Communicating the Value of Injury Prevention Programs. National Association of County & City Health Officials. National Web-Cast, June 21, 2006.

Grants/Projects:

Analysis of how unintentional injury is reported on local TV
This project studies how the television news media reports injury and how this information can impact public perceptions and the policy agenda regarding injury prevention.
Role: Principal Investigator
Center for Disease Control and Prevention Injury Research Center
Medical College of Wisconsin

Local Television Health News: What are they talking about?
Largest study to date of broadcast news reporting of health information. Specifically, content analysis of top 50 local television news markets in the United States to determine what health topics were reported and the nature of the reporting.
Role: Principal Investigator (As research Fellow)
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program / VA