TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Head trauma in jail and implications for chronic traumatic encephalopathy in the United States: case report and results of injury surveillance in NYC jails
JO  - Journal of health care for the poor and underserved
A1  - Siegler, Anne
A1  - Rosner, Zachary
A1  - Macdonald, Ross
A1  - Ford, Elizabeth
A1  - Venters, Homer
SP  - 1042
EP  - 1049
VL  - 28
IS  - 3
N2  - Because there is no standard reporting of injuries in jails and prisons, the national burden of head trauma during incarceration is unclear. We report on a case of repeated head trauma in the New York City (NYC) jail system, data on the incidence of head trauma and mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), and compare those findings with national estimates. The case report revealed 64 injurious events over two years, 44% resulting in a head injury and 25% resulting in emergency hospitalization. During the 42 months of this analysis, 10,286 incidents of head trauma occurred in the NYC jail system. Mild TBI occurred in 1,507 of these instances. The rate of head trauma and mTBI was 269.0 and 39.4 per 1,000 person-years, respectively. The lack of reporting head trauma in correctional settings means that national prevalence estimates of these critical health outcomes miss the vulnerable cohort of incarcerated individuals.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1049-2089
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/hpu.2017.0095
ID  - ref1
ER  -