Statistics and Research

Links to Statistics

• Head Injuries in Canada, 2003-2004 (CIHI)
• Head Injuries in Canada: A Decade of Change (1994-1995 to 2003-2004)(CIHI)
• Southwestern Ontario Stroke Strategy
• Chatham-Kent Community Profile

Reports and Journal Articles

Stroke

• Pathways for People with Stroke to Live Fully in the Community (2008)
• Huijbregts MPJ, Myers AM, Streiner D, Teasell R. Implementation, Process, and Preliminary Outcome Evaluation of Two Community Programs for Persons with Stroke and Their Care Parters. Top Stroke Rehabil. 2008. 15(5):503-520
• Meijer R, Van Limbeek J, Kriek B, Ihnenfeldt D, Vermeulen M, De Haan R. Prognostic social factors in the subacute phase after a stroke for the discharge destination from the hospital stroke-unit. A systematic review of the literature. Disabil Rehabil 2004;26:191-197
• Boden-Albala B, Litwak E, Elkind MSV, Rundek T, Sacco RL. Social isolation and outcomes post stroke. Neurology. 2005. 64:1888-1892
• Zethraeus N, Molin T, Henriksson P, Jonsson B. Costs of coronary heart disease and stroke: the case of Sweden. J Intern Med. 1999. Aug:246 (2);151-9

Traumatic Brain Injury

• Linden MA, Crothers IR, O'Neill SB, McCann JP. Reduced community integration in persons following traumatic brain injury, as measured on the Community Integration Measure: an exploratory analysis. Disabil Rehabil. 2005. 22(22):1353-6
• Cicerone KD, Azulay J. Perceived self-efficacy and life satisfaction after traumatic brain injury. J Head Trauma Rehabil. 2007. 22(5):257-66
• Hubbard MR, et. al. Peer support in the community: initial findings of a mentoring program for individuals with traumatic brain injury and their families. J Head Trauma Rehabil. 2002. 17(2):112-31