ADVANCING RESEARCH, IMPROVING EDUCATION
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Employment Outcomes After Traumatic Brain Injury: Does Race/Ethnicity Matter?
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Dear Colleague, Please join us for a webcast hosted by the National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research (NCDDR). Wednesday, October 21, 2009: Employment Outcomes After Traumatic Brain Injury: Does Race/Ethnicity Matter? The featured presenters are Juan Carlos Arango-Lasprilla, PhD and Kelli Williams Gary, PhD, MPH, OTR/L. The 90-minute webcast will begin at 3:00pm Eastern; 2:00pm Central; 1:00pm Mountain; 12:00pm Pacific; 11:00am Alaska; 9:00am Hawaii. The webcast is presented in collaboration with the Independent Living Research Utilization (ILRU) program at Memorial Hermann|TIRR. Webcast Registration (no fee to participate): Already registered? Go to: http://www.ccitonline.org/ilru SEDL has received pre-approval from the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification (CRCC) for 1.5 Certified Rehabilitation Counselor Continuing Education Units (CRC-CEUs) for participating in the webcast, or viewing the archive of the webcast, through 12-31-09 For more information about obtaining CEUs: http://www.ncddr.org/webcasts/webcast20.html
About the Webcast Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of the most prevalent and debilitating conditions in the United States. Of the estimated 1.4 million individuals who sustain a TBI annually, about 1.1 million are treated and released from emergency departments, 235,000 are hospitalized, and 80,000 to 90,000 experience permanent disability from their injury. Due to the high incidence of TBI in racial and ethnically diverse communities and an increase in minority survivors with TBI, recent studies have examined the role of race/ethnicity on return-to-work post-injury. The present webcast aims to examine the effect of race/ethnicity on employment outcomes following TBI. We will review studies that: 1) Compare employment outcomes between African Americans, Hispanics and Whites at one, two, and five years post-injury; 2) Determine the influence of minority status on job stability after Traumatic Brain Injury; 3) Examine changes in employment over time within each race group; and 4) Compare the changes in employment over time between these racial groups. Finally, implications, conclusions, and recommendations for future research studies in this area will be highlighted and discussed in detail. About the Presenters Juan Carlos Arango-Lasprilla, PhD, is a research assistant professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Virginia Commonwealth University. Dr. Arango-Lasprilla was a guest editor for the Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation special issue: "Cultural Issues Related to Traumatic Brain Injury: Recent Research and New Frontiers" and was a guest editor for a special issue: "The Role of Race/Ethnicity on Outcomes After Central Nervous System Injury" of the journal NeuroRehabilitation. He is the cultural competency coordinator for NIDRR’s Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems and co-director for the NIDRR-funded Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training Program. Kelli Williams Gary, PhD, MPH, OTR/L, is a former NIDRR ARRT fellow at Virginia Commonwealth University. She completed her Ph.D. in Health Related Sciences (Occupational Therapy specialty) at VCU and her dissertation examined employment outcomes among African Americans and Whites at 1, 2, 5, and 10 years post-TBI. Her primary research interests include developing culturally based TBI interventions to improve productive outcomes for survivors with TBI in community settings. She currently serves as the Vice-Chair of the Virginia Brain Injury Council and co-facilitates a Brain Injury Support Group. Webcast Instructions Test your computer before the webcast: Instructions for participating in a webcast: For technical assistance, please check out the FAQs: If you have a question, please send e-mail before or during the webcast: webcast@ncddr.org NOTE: If you are not able to participate at this time, please visit the archive of ILRU webcasts after the event: http://www.ilru.org/html/training/webcasts/archive or the NCDDR's webcast page: http://www.ncddr.org/webcasts/webcast20.html |
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This webcast is supported through the National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research (NCDDR), funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), part of the U.S. Department of Education. It is supported in part by Independent Living Research Utilization (ILRU). The opinions and views expressed are those of the presenter and no endorsement by the funding agency should be inferred. NIDRR Project Number: H133A060028 To ask questions or comment, please e-mail: webcast@ncddr.org |
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