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The effect of traumatic brain injury on children is to be investigated in a longitudinal study as part of New Zealand's Head Injury Awareness Week.

Researchers at the University of Waikato will focus on the social behaviour of children and adolescents with traumatic brain injury in a study funded by the Health Research Council and the Lotteries Grants Board, reports HealthCanal.com.

Dr Nicola Starkey of the university explained: "Social behaviour is very complex, and deficits resulting from TBI can have a big impact on children and adolescents. They can end up in the wrong crowd, where they are more at risk from drugs, alcohol and crime."

One study is to look at eight to 16-year-olds with mild traumatic brain injury, studying social behaviour and educational-related functioning for two years after the injury occurred.

This follows research that showed young people with brain injury are more likely to partake in violent activities, according to research published in journal Pediatrics.

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