[Grand Rounds] Amanda Botticello, PhD, MPH presents, "Neighborhood socio-economic differences and race disparities: Findings from a national registry of people living with spinal cord injury."
Description: Racial and ethnic health disparities following medical rehabilitation for traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) are well documented among medical rehabilitation populations. The current evidence suggests that survivors of traumatic spinal cord injury (tSCI) from racial/ethnic minority backgrounds report fewer functional gains during rehabilitation, more secondary complications including pressure injuries, pain interference, and pain severity and longer and more frequent rehospitalizations. People living with chronic SCI from minority backgrounds are also more likely to report unemployment post-injury, lower quality of life, and less physical activity than non-Hispanic Whites. Few studies have sought to explain these disparities. The purpose of this talk is to explore the intersection of racial and ethnic health disparities after tSCI with geographic variation in neighborhood economic resources and socioeconomic disadvantage using data from a national registry of adults with traumatic injuries.
This event was originally presented on December 13, 2024 as part of the webinar series: Using Health System Research to Revolutionize Rehabilitation Care.
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