title: Disparities in vocational rehabilitation services and outcomes for Hispanic clients with traumatic brain injury: do they exist?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Examine disparities in vocational rehabilitation (VR) services for Hispanic clients with traumatic brain injury.
  
  
  METHODS
  Logistic regression analysis of secondary data.
  
  
  METHODS
  Five thousand eight hundred thirty-one European American and Hispanic clients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Type of services and employment status.
  
  
  RESULTS
  European Americans were 1.27 times more likely to obtain employment than were Hispanics. Hispanics with work disincentives had lower odds of returning to work and had more unmet basic needs (eg, food, shelter, and transportation) that need to be addressed in the rehabilitation process. Job placement and on-the-job support services were found to significantly improve employment outcomes. However, on-the-job support services were more likely to be provided to European Americans than to Hispanics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Educational Foundations and Counseling, Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, NY 10021, USA. ecardoso@hunter.cuny.edu
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: da Silva Cardoso
authors.forename: Maria G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Romero
authors.forename: Fong
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Alo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dutta
authors.forename: Maryam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rahimi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D044465:White People