Symposium

Advancing Equity in TBI Rehabilitation Research: A Call to Action 9627

Corresponding Presenter(s)

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  Jessica Kersey, PhD, OTR/L

  Instructor
  Washington University in St. Louis
  St. Louis, Missouri, United States

  Slides

Presenter(s)

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  Emily A. Evans, PhD, PT

  Assistant Professor
  Boston University
  Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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  Zaccheus J. Ahonle, PhD, CRC

  Assistant Professor/Program Coordinator
  Mississippi State University
  Starkville, Mississippi, United States

Non-presenting author(s)

• GM

  Gloria M. Morel, PsYD

  Neuropsychologist
  Brooks Rehabilitation
  Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Non-Presenting Contributor(s)

• PG

  Patricia Garcia, Psy.D., HSPP

  Assistant Professor of Neurology and PM&R
  Indiana University School of Medicine
  Noblesville, Indiana, United States
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  Dawn M. Neumann, PhD

  Associate Professor
  Indiana University
  Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
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  Monika M. Gross, BFA, MSME/T, M.AmSAT, M.ATI, M.STAT

  Executive Director
  The Poise Project
  Candler, NC, United States
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  Devan R. Parrott, PhD

  Associate Professor
  Indiana University
  Greenwood, Indiana, United States

Presenter(s)

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  Robiann R. Broomfield, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Harvard Medical School/Beth Israel Medical Center
  Boston, MA, United States

This session will present the results of (1) a secondary analysis of the Cicerone, 2019 review of cognitive rehabilitation trials to examine reporting on race/ethnicity of the samples of included studies, (2) a survey of brain injury rehabilitation investigators examining recruitment and retention strategies used in their clinical trials, and (3) results of follow-up interviews with those investigators to examine perceived effectiveness of their strategies in enrolling and retaining racially and ethnically diverse samples, barriers to use of a broader range of strategies, and potential solutions to those barriers. We will end with a discussion of the implications of our findings for equity in brain injury rehabilitation research, and action planning to better support investigators.

Learning Objectives:

• Upon completion, participant will be able to describe the disproportionate impact of TBI on individuals from racially, culturally, and linguistically diverse backgrounds and the underrepresentation of these groups in rehabilitation intervention studies.
• Upon completion, participant will be able to identify best practices for recruitment and retention of diverse samples in clinical trials, along with barriers to implementing these in brain injury rehabilitation research.
• Upon completion, participant will be able to identify strategies for overcoming barriers to recruitment and retention of diverse samples in TBI rehabilitation intervention research.
• Upon completion, participant will be able to describe the disproportionate impact of TBI on individuals from racially, culturally, and linguistically diverse backgrounds and the underrepresentation of these groups in rehabilitation intervention studies.