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Trauma-Informed Primary Care

An Abbreviated List of Key Resources

PRIORITIZING SAFETY:
Resources for Individuals Currently Experiencing Violence and/or Trauma

24-Hour Hotlines:

  • National Domestic Violence Hotline:     1-800-799-7233
  • National Sexual Abuse Hotline:              1-800-656-4673
  • National Suicide Prevention Lifeline:     1-800-273-8255

A Practical Framework for Trauma-informed Primary Care

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Please refer to the recent article (free full text) describing our model of Trauma-informed Primary Care: From Treatment to Healing: The Promise of Trauma-Informed Primary Care

Please also read the UCSF press release and SF Chronicle article about the Trauma-informed Primary Care model:

Press Release: Team Proposes New Clinical Model to Improve Primary Care by Addressing Trauma

SF Chronicle Front Page Story: UCSF Team: trauma screening should be standard in health care

This framework was developed by the National Strategy Group to Develop a Model of Trauma-informed Primary Care for Women Living with HIV, which includes the following individuals:

James Albino, White House Office of National AIDS Policy; Frances Ashe-Goins, RN, MPH, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women’s Health; Elizabeth Brosnan, Christie’s Place; Gina Brown, MD, National Institutes of Health Office of AIDS Research; Jacquelyn Campbell, PhD, RN, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing; Marylѐne Cloitre, PhD, National Center for PTSD; Cailin Crockett, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (at the time of the work, Ms. Cailin was with the U.S. Office of the Vice President); Jeffrey Crowley, MPH, O’Neill Institute; Yvette Cuca, PhD, MPH, University of California, San Francisco; Kristen Dunkle, PhD, Emory University; Charles Engel, MD, MPH, Rand Corporation (at the time of the work, Dr. Engel was with the U.S. Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences); Bonnie Green, PhD, Georgetown University Medical School; Maxine Harris, PhD, Community Connections; Larke Huang, PhD, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; Lisa James, Futures Without Violence; Vanessa Johnson, JD, Ribbon Consulting Group; Naina Khanna, Positive Women’s Network – USA; Leigh Kimberg, MD, University of California, San Francisco; Edward Machtinger, MD, Women’s HIV Program, University of California, San Francisco; Brigid McCaw, MD, MS, MPH, Kaiser Permanente; Heidi Nass, JD, AIDS Treatment Activists Coalition; Brian Pence, PhD, UNC-Chapel Hill; James Raper, DSN, CRNP, JD, UAB 1917 Outpatient Clinic; Maura Riordan, AIDS United; Martha Shumway, PhD, University of California, San Francisco; Kathleen Sikkema, PhD, Duke University; and Andrea Weddle, MSW, HIV Medicine Association.

GENERAL TRAUMA-INFORMED VALUES AND APPROACHES TO CARE

U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
http://store.samhsa.gov/product/SAMHSA-s-Concept-of-Trauma-and-Guidance-for-a-Trauma-Informed-Approach/SMA14-4884

Sanctuary Model
http://www.sanctuaryweb.com/sanctuary-model.php

Community Connections
http://communityconnectionsdc.org

The Academy on Violence and Abuse
http://avahealth.org

A Video on Cultural Humility
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaSHLbS1V4w

INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE (IPV): IMPACT, DEFINITIONS, SCREENING AND RESPONSE

Futures Without Violence
http://www.futureswithoutviolence.org

LEAP: Look to End Abuse Permanently
http://www.leapsf.org

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Violence Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/intimatepartnerviolence/index.html

Danger Assessment
http://www.dangerassessment.org

Health Cares about IPV: IPV Screening and Counseling Toolkit
http://healthcaresaboutuipv.org

POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD): IMPACT, DEFINITIONS, SCREENING AND RESPONSE

U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs National Center for PTSD
http://www.ptsd.va.gov/

The National Center for Trauma-Informed Care and Alternatives to Seclusion and Restraint (NCTIC)
http://www.samhsa.gov/nctic/trauma-interventions

International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
http://www.istss.org//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home

The National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma and Mental Health (NCDVTMH)
http://www.nationalcenterdvtraumamh.org

SELF-CARE FOR PROVIDERS: VICARIOUS TRAUMA, BURNOUT, COMPASSION FATIGUE

International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies: Self-Care for Providers
http://www.istss.org/SelfCareForProviders/5189.htm

The Trauma Stewardship Institute
http://traumastewardship.com

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TRAUMA AND HEALTH

The Adverse Childhood Experiences Study
http://www.acestudy.org/
http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/acestudy/

CDC Injury Prevention & Control: Division of Violence Prevention: Intimate Partner Violence: Consequences
http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/intimatepartnerviolence/consequences.html

U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs: National Center for PTSD
http://www.ptsd.va.gov/public/index.asp

Interagency Federal Working Group Report: Addressing the Intersection of HIV/AIDS, Violence against Women and Girls, & Gender-Related Health Disparities
http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/docs/vaw-hiv_working_group_report_final_-_9-6–2013.pdf

MEASURES

UCSF Women’s HIV Program – Screening Protocol for IPV and Consequences of Past Trauma
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