Webinar: Grand Rounds, Amanda Botticello, PhD, MPH

Webinar: Grand Rounds, Amanda Botticello, PhD, MPH “Neighborhood socio-economic differences and race disparities: Findings from a national registry of people living with spinal cord injury” 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.

Register by: 12/12/2024
When 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm on Friday, December 13, 2024
Contact Name Kara Jackman
Phone 7818446368
Contact Email kjackman@bu.edu
Contact Organization SPH LeaRRn
Fees Free
Speakers Amanda Botticello, PhD, MPH