Awareness and understanding of concussion among Aboriginal Australians with high health literacy.

Indigenous Australians have higher rates of traumatic brain injury, with 74-90% of such injuries being concussion. This study explores concussion awareness and knowledge in Aboriginal Western Australians with high health literacy.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Concussion
Main Authors:	Hill-Wall, Trish, McCausland, Kahlia, Thomas, Elizabeth, Norman, Richard, Bullen, Jonathan, Cowen, Gill
Format:	Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:	English
Published:	PubMed Central 2024
Subjects:	Aboriginal First Nations Torres Strait Islander concussion indigenous mTBI mild traumatic brain injury traumatic brain injury
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.2217/cnc-2023-0012 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38939826 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11204175/

Description
Summary:	Indigenous Australians have higher rates of traumatic brain injury, with 74-90% of such injuries being concussion. This study explores concussion awareness and knowledge in Aboriginal Western Australians with high health literacy.