Brain Injury

Cross-Cutting

Pediatric Rehabilitation

Special Symposium

(602730) SPECIAL SYMPOSIUM: The Public Health Burden of Traumatic Brain Injury

Presenter(s)

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  John Corrigan, PhD

  Professor
  The Ohio State University
  Columbus, Ohio

Moderator(s)

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  Juliet Haarbauer-Krupa, PhD

  Senior Health Scientist
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  Atlanta, Georgia

In the past, when estimating the public health burden of traumatic brain injury (TBI), epidemiologists have limited their scope to persons who experience disability immediately and continuously following the most severe injuries, a significant underestimate of the true public health burden. This presentation will share data from recent population-based studies suggesting consequences of TBI among a much larger group of people than those previously considered as being a “prevalent case”. An alternative model will be presented that is based on the principles of toxic exposure. Risk factors for experiencing a variety of adult consequences will be described.

Learning Objectives:

• 1. Participants will be able to recount sources of estimates of the prevalence of TBI in the general population.
• 2. Participants will describe health consequences associated with lifetime history of TBI,
• Participants will delineate relationships found between childhood TBI and adult consequences.