Blogs
Free TBI Webinar: Health Disparities and Traumatic Brain Injury
Learn from experts working in research in communities to address health disparities for persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI) in a live webinar on Wednesday, May 15. This webinar will discuss TBI in the larger context of health disparities and how health equity work in other fields could be applied to brain injury. This webinar
USBIA Spring Newsletter 2019
Our latest newsletter is out! Click the link below to read what’s happening: USBIA Newsletter Spring 2019
USBIA January 2019 Webinar – Not Invisible and Love Your Brain
January 2019 kicked off our 2019 webinar season! The first webinar was with Amy Zellmer of #NotInvisible and Kim Baker, Director of Implementation of the Love Your Brain Yoga Program. If you would like to listen in on January’s webinar, please click here.
Emergency Department Visits for Sports- and Recreation-Related Traumatic Brain Injuries Among Children
Emergency Department Visits for Sports- and Recreation-Related Traumatic Brain Injuries Among Children — United States, 2010–2016 Traumatic brain injury (TBI), a common injury among young athletes, can lead to short- or long-term emotional, physiologic, and cognitive sequelae. For more information, click here.
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.
CDC Pediatric TBI Guidelines
Read more about the updated Pediatric TBI Guidelines 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?
Participate in an observational study!
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.