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Project Leads

Scott Ramsay

Team Members

Elizabeth Saewyc, Monica Rana, Mauricio Coronel Villalobos, Yeshvi Mehta, Caroline Mackay

Cluster: Immigrant Adolescent and Youth Health

Concussions or mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBI) are the most frequently sustained injury among youth in Canada, yet minimal is known about these injuries in migrant youth. This project examines concussion history and health care access among migrant and non-migrant youth in British Columbia.

The objective of this project is to analyze concussion and head injury patterns among migrant youth, compare outcomes with non-migrant youth, and identify access-to-care implications. The project aims to contribute evidence on whether migrant youth experience distinct risks or barriers after head injury and to support recommendations for equitable prevention, recognition, and care pathways.

1. How many concussions are migrant youth sustaining?
2. What mechanism do migrant youth sustain a concussion from?
3. Do migrant youth access health care after a concussion?
4. What differences exist in concussion for migran youth compared to youth born in Canada?

Quantitative methods approach that involves analyses of existing population-based health surveys from both provincial in-depth repeating surveys such as the British Columbia Adolescent Health Surveys.

The project is ongoing, with different outputs already submitted and more in the works.

Concussion; Head injury; Migrant youth; Access to care