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Re/producing the Pediatric Concussion Discourse in clinical rehabilitation practice.

Katie MahBrenda GladstoneDebra CameronNick Reed
Published in: Disability and rehabilitation (2021)
By examining the effects of the PCD, it becomes possible to imagine how clinical practice and research might evolve in new ways that respect the knowledges and experiences of young people with concussion and their parents.Implications for RehabilitationEngaging in critical examination of clinical rehabilitative practice creates opportunity to imagine how we might approach commonly adopted clinical approaches, including the delivery of health education, differently.Implications for clinical rehabilitation practice include delivering health education in the context of supportive therapeutic relationships that respect the knowledges and experience of young people with concussion and their parents.Implications for rehabilitation research include engaging with critical scholarship within and beyond field and disciplinary boundaries, engaging in formal educational opportunities, and connecting with less formal but invaluable communities of practice.
Keyphrases
  • healthcare
  • primary care
  • quality improvement
  • public health
  • mental health
  • clinical practice
  • mild traumatic brain injury
  • health information
  • young adults
  • social media
  • human health
  • health promotion