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ReviewThe Journal of head trauma rehabilitation

Service Delivery in the Healthcare and Educational Systems for Children Following Traumatic Brain Injury: Gaps in Care.

Juliet Haarbauer-Krupa, Angela Ciccia, Jonathan Dodd, Deborah Ettel, Brad Kurowski, Angela Lumba-Brown, Stacy Suskauer

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Review in The Journal of head trauma rehabilitation. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Outpatient Follow-up After Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury at an Urban Safety Net Hospital: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2025
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  19. Management of Return to School Following Brain Injury: An Evaluation Model.International journal of educational research · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Juliet Haarbauer-KrupaDivision of Unintentional Injury Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia (Dr Haarbauer-Krupa); Department of Psychological Sciences, Program in Communication Sciences, Cleveland, Ohio (Dr Ciccia); Department of Psychology, St Louis Children's Hospital, and Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri (Dr Dodd); Education Support Services, Eugene School District #4J, Oregon (Dr Ettel); Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics and Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Ohio (Dr Kurowski); Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis Children's Hospital, Missouri (Dr Lumba-Brown); and Kennedy Krieger Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland (Dr Suskauer).
Angela Ciccia
Jonathan Dodd
Deborah Ettel
Brad Kurowski
Angela Lumba-Brown
Stacy Suskauer

Funding

Efficacy of Methylphenidate for Management of Long-term Attention Problems inTBIK23HD074683 · NICHD · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · PI KUROWSKI, BRAD G · 2013 to 2016
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Intramural CDC HHS CC999999NICHD NIH HHS K23 HD074683NICHD NIH HHS L40 HD066480
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo provide a review of evidence and consensus-based description of healthcare and educational service delivery and related recommendations for children with traumatic brain injury.

methodsLiterature review and group discussion of best practices in management of children with traumatic brain injury (TBI) was performed to facilitate consensus-based recommendations from the American Congress on Rehabilitation Medicine's Pediatric and Adolescent Task Force on Brain Injury. This group represented pediatric researchers in public health, medicine, psychology, rehabilitation, and education.

resultsCare for children with TBI in healthcare and educational systems is not well coordinated or integrated, resulting in increased risk for poor outcomes. Potential solutions include identifying at-risk children following TBI, evaluating their need for rehabilitation and transitional services, and improving utilization of educational services that support children across the lifespan.

conclusionChildren with TBI are at risk for long-term consequences requiring management as well as monitoring following the injury. Current systems of care have challenges and inconsistencies leading to gaps in service delivery. Further efforts to improve knowledge of the long-term TBI effects in children, child and family needs, and identify best practices in pathways of care are essential for optimal care of children following TBI.

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Outcome Assessment, Health CareAdolescentAge FactorsBrain Injuries, TraumaticChildChild Health ServicesChild, PreschoolDelivery of Health CareEducationFemaleHumansInjury Severity ScoreMaleRisk AssessmentSex FactorsUnited States

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PMID28060211
PMCPMC6027591

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