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Brain Injury Prevention Project, Fond du Lac Reservation
Holly Kostrzewski
Injury Prevention [email protected]
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Fond du Lac Reservation• Northeastern MN 20 miles
west of Duluth, MN.
• One of six Reservations inhabited by members of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe.
• 1,800 tribal members within reservation boundaries
• 2,100 tribal members living in Duluth
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Background
• Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) are a major cause of disability among Native Americans.
• The leading causes of hospitalizations for TBI are motor vehicle crashes (24%), assaults (17%), and falls (16%).
• Rates of TBI among males are 2.5 times greater than females.
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Goal
• Produce a brain injury prevention educational campaign for the Fond du Lac Community based on input from health care providers and community residents.
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Methods
• 13 key informant interviews
• 5 focus groups
• Collaborations
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What is a Brain Injury?
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Trauma to the brain
Loss of function
Injury to brain/spinal cord
Concussion
Accident
Stroke
Huffing/Substance Abuse
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Perception of Community Prevalence
Are people with brain injury on FDL reservation?
Don’t Know
No
Yes
Yes--MVC
Yessubstance
abuse
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Perception of Community Prevalence
Are there any people withbrain injury Ojibwe School?
Don’t KnowNoNo answer
Yes
Possibly
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Perception of CausesHow do people get brain injuries?
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No seatbelts/car seat
no helmet
MVC
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Violence
Sports injuries
Hit on the head
Substance Abuse
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Perception of Causes
What are the major causes of Traumatic Brain Injury?
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No seatbelts
No helmets
MVC
Substance Abuse
FAS
DV
Stroke
Accident
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Preference in Obtaining Information
What do they like to read?
Don’t like to read
Magazine
FDL newspaper
Verbal Communication
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Preference in Obtaining Information
What the best way prefer to get educational information?
DirectMail/Magazine/
Newspaper Articles
TV/Radio
Presentations/Inservices
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Perception of Risk Who is at highest risk for brain injury?
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Teens
Children
Unborn/infants
Everyone
Males
Drivers
Elders
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Results
• 8 individual brochures– Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: reoccurring
subject for community (misconception)– Lack of interest in reading
• 2 PowerPoint presentations– Community– Professional
• Pilot test - changes made
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Recommendations
• Enhance Injury Prevention Program
• Individual Presentations on 8 topics
• Data collection on brain injuries
• Min No Aya Win Magazine
• THINK FIRST chapter