Returning to “status quo”? Multiple perspectives on community reintegration and people with brain injuries

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dc.contributor.authorNelson, Michelle L.A.
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeMactavish, Jennifer (Recreation Studies) Iwasaki, Yoshi (Recreation Studies) Katz, Alan (Family Medicine)en
dc.contributor.supervisorMactavish, Jennifer (Recreation Studies)en
dc.date.accessioned2006-09-29T12:05:19Z
dc.date.available2006-09-29T12:05:19Z
dc.date.issued2006-09-29T12:05:19Z
dc.degree.disciplineRecreation Studiesen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts (M.A.)en_US
dc.description.abstractBrain injuries (BI) are the leading cause of death and disability among people under the age of 45 (Ontario Brain Injury Association, 2004). With improved survival rates, more individuals each year return to the community with impairments and disabilities caused by their injury (Smith, Magill–Evans, and Brintnell, 1998). Adjusting to these impairments may affect the individual’s subjective well being; therefore, attention to community reintegration by researchers, policy developers, and health care providers is important. Using qualitative research methods and systems theory as the theoretical framework, the purpose of the study was to examine community reintegration from the perspectives of three key groups: individuals with BI, community based agencies, and primary care physicians regarding the meaning attributed to “successful reintegration”, as well as the key characteristics and barriers experienced during reintegration. “Successful” reintegration appears to be an individually derived concept. Participants consistently identified the need for information about the process of community reintegration, and resources available both during rehabilitation and after discharge from the hospital as being both a key aspect of community reintegration, as well as a barrier experienced during the return to community.en
dc.description.noteOctober 2006en
dc.format.extent703141 bytes
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/290
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjectCommunity reintegrationen
dc.subjectbrain injuryen
dc.titleReturning to “status quo”? Multiple perspectives on community reintegration and people with brain injuriesen
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
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