%0 Journal Article
%T Race/Ethnicity and Traumatic Brain Injury: Are There Disparities in Positive Screenings and Diagnoses Among Service Members Returning From Afghanistan and Iraq?
%A Ashleigh Kysar-Moon
%A Sarah Mustillo
%J Armed Forces & Society
%@ 1556-0848
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0095327X18761852
%X The authors examine racial/ethnic differences in screening positive for traumatic brain injury (TBI) and in diagnosis among service members upon returning from war in Afghanistan and Iraq. Using data from the Post-Deployment Health Assessment and Re-Assessment, and military health-care encounters from 2008 to 2009, they estimate logistic regressions in a sample of 46,488 service members. Hispanic and Asian service members do not differ from White service members in screening positive for TBI but have 19% and 33% lower odds of diagnosis, respectively. Compared to White service members, Black service members are less likely to screen positive for TBI immediately after deployment and about as likely 3¨C6 months later, yet have 27% lower odds of diagnosis. Further, racial/ethnic minority service members have a lower probability of TBI diagnosis than White service members at all self-reported symptom levels, suggesting there is a discrepancy between symptoms and diagnosis related to race/ethnicity
%K traumatic brain injury
%K race and ethnicity
%K health disparities
%K military
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0095327X18761852