Paediatric Traumatic Brain Injury in New Zealand: Caregiver Knowledge and Media Representations

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Paediatric Traumatic Brain Injury in New Zealand: Caregiver Knowledge and Media Representations

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University of Waikato

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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of death and disability in the paediatric population. Even mild TBI may lead to on-going cognitive, behavioural and physical problems. Children are reliant on their caregivers to seek treatment for them, which depends on caregiver knowledge of TBI. The aims of this study were: (a) to investigate the knowledge of New Zealand caregivers about TBI; and (b) to examine the potential contribution of New Zealand newspapers to public knowledge about TBI. ...

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Thesis level

Masters

Date created

2015

Creator

Willix-Payne, Dawn Joanne

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https://hdl.handle.net/10289/10006

Related subjects

Traumatic Brain Injury / Paediatric / Symptom knowledge / Media analysis / Caregiver knowledge

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