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dc.contributor.authorMcDonald, Skye
dc.contributor.authorAnderson, Vicki
dc.contributor.authorPonsford, Jennie
dc.contributor.authorTate, Robyn
dc.contributor.authorTogher, Leanne
dc.contributor.authorMorgan, Angela
dc.contributor.authorFleming, Jennifer
dc.contributor.authorOwnsworth, Tamara
dc.contributor.authorDouglas, Jacinta
dc.contributor.authorMurdoch, Bruce
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:12:50Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:12:50Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.date.modified2013-03-11T00:01:23Z
dc.identifier.issn1443-9646
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/BrImp.2012.21
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/49326
dc.description.abstractSevere traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the most common cause of brain injury in the Western world and leads to physical, cognitive and emotional deficits that reduce independence. Changes to psychosocial function are the most disruptive, resulting in vocational difficulties, family stress and deteriorating relationships, and are a major target for remediation. But rehabilitation is expensive and its evidence base is limited. Thus, new collaborative initiatives are needed. This article details the development of 'Moving Ahead', a model for a Centre of Research Excellence (CRE) for Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation. This CRE offers several major innovations. First, it provides an integrated, multi-faceted approach to addressing psychosocial difficulties embracing different clinical standpoints (e.g., psychological, speech pathology, occupational therapy) and levels of investigation (e.g., basic science to community function) across the lifespan. It is based upon a close relationship with clinicians to ensure transfer of research to practice and, conversely, to ensure that research is clinically meaningful. It provides an integrated platform with which to support and train new researchers in the field via scholarships, postdoctoral fellowships, websites, meetings, mentoring and across-site training, and thus build workforce capacity for individuals with TBI and their families. It has input from the international community to contextualise research more broadly and ensure scientific rigour. Finally, it provides collaboration across sites to facilitate research and data collection.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.format.extent1044649 bytes
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherCambridge University Press
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom256
dc.relation.ispartofpageto270
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalBrain Impairment
dc.relation.ispartofvolume13
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiomedical and clinical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode32
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode52
dc.titleMoving Ahead: A New Centre of Research Excellence in Brain Recovery, Focusing on Psychosocial Reintegration Following Traumatic Brain Injury
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.rights.copyright© 2012 Australian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
gro.date.issued2012
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gro.griffith.authorOwnsworth, Tamara


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