News Report | February 23, 2020
22% Of Housing Insecure Or Homeless Have Experienced A Moderate Or Severe TBI
About 22% of those who were homeless or “housing insecure” have experienced a moderate or severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), according to an analysis of TBI-related studies. “Homeless” is defined as having no access to a conventional dwelling. “Marginally housed” is defined as tenuous or very temporary claims to a more or less conventional dwelling or housing.
Additional findings include:
- The lifetime prevalence of severity of TBI in homeless and marginally housed individuals was 53.1%
- The lifetime prevalence of moderate or severe TBI in homeless and marginally housed individuals was 22.5%. <li . . .