The Federal TBI Program of Oklahoma

The lead agency in the Oklahoma Federal TBI Program is the Department of Health, Injury Prevention Service, offficed at 1000 N.E. Tenth, Room 408, Oklahoma City, OK 73117.

Oklahoma has received $830,886 in Federal TBI Planning, Implementation, and Post-Demonstration Grants, and has matched the Federal grants with $429,763.

Oklahoma Population & TBI

State population in 2004: 3,523,553
Estimated TBI-related emergency department visits per year: 18,398
TBI-related non-fatal hospitalizations per year: 2,560
Estimated TBI-related disability per year: 817

Oklahoma does not currently have a Federal TBI Program State Grant, but the following progress has been reported:

Progress 1. Developed a discharge planning and referral model used in the ED study to determine patient status and service needs post injury.
2. Updated TBI information for VR training curriculum; contrasted Wyoming data and helped prepare Oklahoma Trainers to deliver VR training in Wyoming.
3. Developed, distributed, and evaluated head injury pamphlets additional to the ED, hospital/rehabilitation, VR, and BIA of OK pamphlets in English and Spanish; continuous distribution of pamphlets and other TBI information.
4. Conducted study of TBI patients in full-care DDSD group homes; provision of TBI-related services recommended in Action Plan.
5. Contracted with University hospitals to conduct follow-up of children under 19 years discharged live to determine post injury status, services referred and services needed; second follow-up completed; data analysis underway.

Continued work is focused on maintaining system advances and improving service needs highlighted by new Assessment results.

Oklahoma completed a new statewide Needs and Resources Assessment and Action Plan to guide work and next steps. Establishing a Medicaid Waiver remains a goal; a study of individuals 5-7 years post severe injury was conducted by the TBI Program with DHS to determine evidence of need of waiver; planning for a waiver with DHS as lead agency is underway.

A comprehensive resource directory with section descriptions of importance to individuals with TBI has been completed.

For further information on the Oklahoma TBI Program, contact: Ruth Azeredo, DrPH, Injury Prevention Service, Department of Health, (405) 271-3430, RuthA@health.ok.gov.

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