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Peter Bragge1, Breanna Wright, Emily Grundy
1BehaviourWorks Australia, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University, Clayton Campus, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Drs Bragge, Wright, and Goodwin and Ms Grundy); Connectivity Traumatic Brain Injury Australia, Perth, Western Australia (Drs Gozt and Fitzgerald); Research Australia, the national peak body for Australian health and medical research, Sydney, Melbourne, and Canberra, Australia (Mss Clynes and Calabritto); Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia (Dr Fitzgerald); and Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science, Perth, Western Australia (Dr Fitzgerald).
Abstract:
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) continues to substantially impact the lives of millions of people around the world annually. Community-based prevention and support of TBI are particularly challenging and underresearched aspects of TBI management. Ongoing cognitive, emotional, and other effects of TBI are not immediately obvious in community settings such as schools, workplaces, sporting clubs, aged care facilities, and support agencies providing homelessness or domestic violence support. This is compounded by a lack of guidance and support materials designed for nonmedical settings. Connectivity Australia, a not-for-profit organization promoting TBI awareness, research, and support, responded to this need by conducting a national survey and series of roundtables to deepen understanding of TBI awareness, challenges, and support needs across the community. The 48 survey respondents and 22 roundtable participants represented Australian departments of health; correctional services; homelessness and housing; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health; community, school, and professional sports; allied healthcare and rehabilitation providers; insurance; and work health and safety. Three key themes were identified: Accessible, nationally consistent plain-language guidelines ; Building research literacy ; and Knowing your role in TBI identification and management . This commentary briefly describes these themes and their implications based on a publicly available full report detailing the study findings ( www.connectivity.org.au/resources-for-researchers/connectivity-research ).
