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EXCITING NEWS~ PRESENTERS' HANDOUTS NOW AVAILABLE. CLICK
ON AGENDA!
Our First
International Conference on Culture, Ethnicity and TBI
Rehabilitation was held on March 12th and 13th in
Washington DC. Over 200 participants attended the conference
to hear and discuss ideas regarding effective assessment,
intervention and research practices with rehabilitation experts from
around the world. Program faculty included speakers from Asia, Australia,
South America, United Kingdom, Spain, Canada and the United States.
A full spectrum of topics relating to the neurobehavioral,
cognitive, functional, vocational, psychosocial, family and medical
aspects of rehabilitation was addressed via lectures, workshops,
panel presentations, and posters. Sessions also focused on
health care disparities, successful research with
multi-ethnic populations, and how to meet the clinical care needs of
diverse patient populations.
For a copy of the speaker's
presentation please click on the agenda tab.
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Purpose of the
Conference
The purpose of
this conference was to bring leading experts from around the World to
present data, share strategies and promote translational research.
We hope this conference contributed to broadening the knowledge of the participants
to the problems unique to minority persons and their caregivers
after TBI. In addition, this conference increased the awareness of racial
and ethnic disparities for persons with TBI as well as offered an
opportunity to disseminate new methods for research and service
delivery related to minorities with TBI.
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Conference
Goals
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To
advance the state of science, by identifying, analyzing, and
synthesizing evidence-based research on outcome and
treatment following brain injury in multi-cultural settings
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To
improve clinical skills, systems of care, and outcomes by
helping clinicians provide better service to diverse patient
populations
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To
increase brain injury research capacity by improving
researchers' knowledge of specialized designs,
methodologies, and recruitment methods relevant to the study
of culture and ethnicity
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