Making connections after brain injury: Development and evaluation of a social peer-mentoring program for persons with traumatic brain injury

Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 4-19

  Struchen, Margaret A ^a,b   Davis, Lynne Cole ^a,b   Bogaards, Jay A ^b   Hudler Hull, Terri ^a,b   Clark, Allison N ^a,b,d   Mazzei, Diana M ^b   Sander, Angelle M ^a,b,d   Caroselli, Jerome S ^c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Brain Injury Research Center   (United States)

^c TIRR Memorial Hermann ^*  (United States)

^d Quentin Mease Community Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

craniocerebral trauma; peer mentoring; social integration; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SKILL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TELECONSULTATION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SELF-HELP GROUPS;

EID: 79551649127     PISSN: 08859701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HTR.0b013e3182048e98     Document Type: Article

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