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CDC Heads Up. Safe brain. Stronger Future.
Keeping children and teens healthy and safe is always a top priority. Whether you are a parent, youth sports coach, school coach, school professional, or health care provider, this site will help you recognize, respond to, and minimize the risk of concussion or other serious brain injury. To read more about this, click here.
CTE Healthcare Navigation Form
StopCTE.org created this form to provide a useful tool to help people potentially suffering from brain injury/disease and their family, navigate a visit to their healthcare provider. The goal is to provide timely information, and to make that visit as productive and helpful as possible. CTE Healthcare Navigation Form
Concussion Incidence and Trends in 20 High School Sports
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Pepperdine Addresses Increases in Concussions Among Female Athletes
Concussions in college athletics are a general concern in high school, college and professional athletics teams. While national discussion tends to focus on football and boxing, sports traditionally dominated by males.
Sport-Related Concussion in Children and Adolescents
Abstract Sport-related concussion is an important topic in nearly all sports and at all levels of sport for children and adolescents. For more information, click here.
Concussions Tied to Doubled Risk of Suicide
(Reuters Health) – Survivors of traumatic brain injuries may be more than twice as likely to die by suicide as individuals without a history of injuries like concussions or skull fractures, a research review suggests. For more information, click here.
For Kids With Concussion, Less Time in a Dark Room
The C.D.C.’s first guidelines to focus on children’s head injuries steer doctors away from CT scans and prolonged isolation. Click here for article.
Have You Ever Been Diagnosed with a Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, Such as a Concussion?
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Physical Education Teachers’ Awareness and Understanding of Concussions, and Concussion Policies and Protocols
Purpose: Our primary aim was to determine physical educators’ current level of understanding of concussion symptoms and response guidelines. For more information, click here.
Traumatic Brain Injury News Reports and Participation in High School Tackle Football
Decreasing numbers of adolescent boys participating in high school tackle football, as reported by news outlets, may be because of increasing concerns about football-associated health risks, including progressive chronic traumatic encephalopathy. For more information, click here.