Trauma is a public health issue
Exposure to trauma is pervasive in societies worldwide and is associated with substantial costs to the individual and society, making it a significant global public health concern. We present evidence for trauma as a public health issue by highlighting the role of characteristics operating at multip...
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| author | Kathryn M. Magruder Katie A. McLaughlin Diane L. Elmore Borbon |
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| description | Exposure to trauma is pervasive in societies worldwide and is associated with substantial costs to the individual and society, making it a significant global public health concern. We present evidence for trauma as a public health issue by highlighting the role of characteristics operating at multiple levels of influence – individual, relationship, community, and society – as explanatory factors in both the occurrence of trauma and its sequelae. Within the context of this multi-level framework, we highlight targets for prevention of trauma and its downstream consequences and provide examples of where public health approaches to prevention have met with success. Finally, we describe the essential role of public health policies in addressing trauma as a global public health issue, including key challenges for global mental health and next steps for developing and implementing a trauma-informed public health policy agenda. A public health framework is critical for understanding risk and protective factors for trauma and its aftermath operating at multiple levels of influence and generating opportunities for prevention. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-541c27d57bbb4e1f9b845c4d3e1eddba2023-02-06T14:17:45ZengTaylor & Francis GroupEuropean Journal of Psychotraumatology2000-80662017-01-018110.1080/20008198.2017.13753381375338Trauma is a public health issueKathryn M. Magruder0Katie A. McLaughlin1Diane L. Elmore Borbon2Medical University of South CarolinaUniversity of WashingtonUCLA-Duke University National Center for Child Traumatic StressExposure to trauma is pervasive in societies worldwide and is associated with substantial costs to the individual and society, making it a significant global public health concern. We present evidence for trauma as a public health issue by highlighting the role of characteristics operating at multiple levels of influence – individual, relationship, community, and society – as explanatory factors in both the occurrence of trauma and its sequelae. Within the context of this multi-level framework, we highlight targets for prevention of trauma and its downstream consequences and provide examples of where public health approaches to prevention have met with success. Finally, we describe the essential role of public health policies in addressing trauma as a global public health issue, including key challenges for global mental health and next steps for developing and implementing a trauma-informed public health policy agenda. A public health framework is critical for understanding risk and protective factors for trauma and its aftermath operating at multiple levels of influence and generating opportunities for prevention.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2017.1375338traumapublic healthpreventionearly interventiontraumatic stressdisaster |
| spellingShingle | Kathryn M. Magruder Katie A. McLaughlin Diane L. Elmore Borbon Trauma is a public health issue European Journal of Psychotraumatology trauma public health prevention early intervention traumatic stress disaster |
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| title_short | Trauma is a public health issue |
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| topic | trauma public health prevention early intervention traumatic stress disaster |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2017.1375338 |
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