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Results for traumatic brain injury
1 results foundAuthor: Minnesota Department of Corrections Title: TBI In Minnesota Correctional Facilities: Systems Change for Successful Return to the Community Summary: Each year, in the United States, some 1.7 million Americans seek medical care for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) (Faul, Wald, & Coronado, 2011). Nationally, TBI is a contributing factor in approximately a third of all injury-related deaths and a substantial number of cases of permanent disability (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2014). While promising advances in medical technology and regional trauma services have led to an increase in the number of survivors of TBI, the stark reality is that these advancements have also led to social and medical challenges associated with a growing pool of people with TBI-related disabilities. The outcomes of TBI can result in a variety of cognitive, emotional, and/or behavioral consequences that not only affect the individual but can also have lasting effects on families and communities. In 2012, there were approximately 1.35 million individuals incarcerated in state prisons, 217,800 in federal prisons and 744,500 in local jails (Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2013). Although still limited in scope, emerging literature is supporting the commonly observed phenomenon amongst correctional professionals that there is an elevated prevalence of TBI in correctional populations in comparison to the general public. A meta-analytic review found the prevalence of TBI in the overall offender population to be 60.25% (Shiroma, Ferguson, & Pickelsimer, 2010), while even higher prevalence has been reported in other correctional systems (e.g., 80.2% of adult male offenders MN-DOC, 2008). In addition to understanding prevalence rates of TBI within correctional systems, research is beginning to recognize the influence of an offender's lifetime history of TBI on the delivery of correctional health services and offender management. Recent findings have suggested an association between TBI and increased use of state correctional psychological/medical services, higher rates of prison rule violations and recidivism, and lower chemical dependency treatment completion rates (Piccolino & Solberg, 2014). Prompted by local and national calls for increased health screenings, evaluations, and targeted treatment of offenders (Gibbons & Katzenbach, 2006), the MN-DOC in collaboration with the MN-DHS began developing an infrastructure in which identification, assessment, and services for offenders with TBI are provided. The following looks at this evolving process and discusses the successes and challenges that a state correctional system has experienced to date with support from two federally funded HRSA grants. Details: St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Department of Corrections, 2015. 32p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed March 22, 2016 at: http://www.doc.state.mn.us/PAGES/files/6714/3456/0599/TBI_White_Paper_MN_DOC-DHS.pdf Year: 2015 Country: United States URL: http://www.doc.state.mn.us/PAGES/files/6714/3456/0599/TBI_White_Paper_MN_DOC-DHS.pdf Shelf Number: 138366 Keywords: Health ServicesMedical CareTraumatic Brain Injury |