The Road to Trauma-Informed Care in Primary Care
Thursday, December 5, 2019
Panelists:
- Sharday Lewis, MPH, Project Manager: Practice Improvement, National Council for Behavioral Health
- Kathy Orchen, P.A., M.P.H., Quality Assurance Program Manager, Zufall Health Center
- Dr. Jose Leon, Chief Medical Officer, National Center for Health in Public Housing
Summary:
Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) is an approach in the human service field that assumes that an individual is more likely than not to have a history of trauma. Trauma-Informed Care recognizes the presence of trauma symptoms and acknowledges the role trauma may play in an individual’s health and wellbeing inclusive of both staff and patients. The National Council for Behavioral Health in collaboration with Kaiser Permanente is leading a three-year initiative, Trauma-Informed Primary Care: Fostering Resilience and Recovery, to educate health care providers on the importance of trauma-informed approaches and to create a change package for implementation of standardized and scalable trauma-informed care practices in the primary care setting. Zufall health center in Dover, NJ, has been working with National Council experts to pilot resources, tools and processes, developed by a multidisciplinary team of health care stakeholders, designed to guide the planning, implementation and evaluation of a trauma-informed approach in primary care. During this webinar, we will hear from the National Council and Zufall Health Center about this program, lessons learned and resources for Health Centers on how to implement a trauma-informed care program.