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City of Iowa City
Proclamation
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Whereas, traumatic brain injury is among the nation's most significant public health concerns,
is the leading cause of death and disability in young Americans, and yet it is largely preventable.
Traumatic brain injury is a serious, national public health epidemic affecting at least 5.3 million
Americans;
Whereas, motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of brain injuries in adults from ages
15 to 35; and falls are the leading cause among senior citizens. Both causes are preventable.
Traumatic brain injury often results in significant impairment of an individual's physical, cognitive,
and psychosocial functioning impacting an individual's ability to return to school, work, and
home;
Whereas, a substantial number of individuals with traumatic brain injury and their families do not
have access to appropriate support and services, and remain unserved or underserved, and the
lack of public awareness is so vast that traumatic brain injury is known in the disability community
as the nation's "silent epidemic";
Whereas, the mission of the East Central chapter, as an affiliate with the Brain Injury Association
of Iowa and the Brain Injury Association of America, is to create a better future through support
for survivors and families, brain injury education, brain injury prevention, and advocacy for
services and funding;
Whereas, the Brain Injury Association of Iowa and its East Central chapter has recognized March
as Brain Injury Awareness Month.
NOW, therefore, I, Mayor Ross Wilburn, do hereby proclaim March, 2006, as
National Brain Injury Awareness Month
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Mayor
Signed in Iowa City, Iowa
this ih day of March, 2006
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