TBI Program, Study, or Pilot
Type: Study 1
Agency Providing the Funding: Information Unavailable
Year Provided/Duration: 1996-2007
Funding Given To: Information Unavailable
Population (Juvenile Justice, Criminal Justice, Parole, Probation, Jail, Prison, etc.,)
System Group
Adult Corrections
Women & Men
Location
Inmates residing in the South Carolina Department of Corrections Facilities (Shiroma, Pickelsimer, Ferguson, Gebregziabher, Lattimore, Nicholas, Dukes & Hunt, 2010)
Purpose/Goal
This study examined the association between medically attended traumatic brain injury (TBI) and in-prison behavioral infractions in a statewide population by comparing rate ratios of infractions in inmates with and without TBI over an 11.5-year period. (Shiroma, Pickelsimer, Ferguson, Gebregziabher, Lattimore, Nicholas, Dukes & Hunt, 2010)
Screening Tool Used
What tool was used?
Assessed for TBI through medical surveillance.
When is screening done?
Information Unavailable
What happens after screening?
Information Unavailable
Who Conducted Screening?
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Data Collection
Tracking
The ORS of the South Carolina Budget and Control Board linked four separate data sets for this study: (a) the SCDC data set, (b) the SCDC disciplinary data set, (c) the 1996-to-2007 statewide hospital discharge data set, and (d) the 1996-to-2007 statewide emergency department (ED) data set. (Shiroma, Pickelsimer, Ferguson, Gebregziabher, Lattimore, Nicholas, Dukes & Hunt, 2010)
Findings
The study findings suggest that inmates with medically attended TBI have an increased rate of in-prison behavior infractions. For all infractions, male inmates with TBI had an increased rate of 32% and females had a nonsignificant increased rate of 8%. The increase appears greatest for inmates with violent infractions; males had an increased infraction rate of 86% and females an increased rate of 144%. (Shiroma, Pickelsimer, Ferguson, Gebregziabher, Lattimore, Nicholas, Dukes & Hunt, 2010)
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Community Resources
Information and Referrals
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Trainings
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Agency Contact Information
Name
Brain Injury Association of South Carolina
Website
Brain Injury Association of South Carolina
Phone Number
Sustainability
Information Unavailable
Advisory Board
Information Unavailable
How was this information acquired?
Information acquired through online published studies.
References: For more information on this states work, please see references
Shiroma, E. J., Pickelsimer, E. E., Ferguson, P. L., Gebregziabher, M., Lattimore, P. K., Nicholas, J. S., Dukes, T., & Hunt, K. J. (2010). Association of medically attended traumatic brain injury and in-prison behavioral infractions: a statewide longitudinal study. Journal of correctional health care: the official journal of the National Commission on Correctional Health Care, 16(4), 273–286. https://doi.org/10.1177/1078345810378253
Notes: Additional mentions from state leads/representatives
The Institutional Review Board of the Medical University of South Carolina and the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) approved this study in participation with the South Carolina Office of Research and Statistics (ORS). (Shiroma, Pickelsimer, Ferguson, Gebregziabher, Lattimore, Nicholas, Dukes & Hunt, 2010)