273293 Impact of trauma on women and girls: Office on Women's Health efforts to address this public health issue

Tuesday, October 30, 2012 : 8:30 AM - 8:50 AM

Michelle D. Hoersch, MS , Office on Women's Health - Region V, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Chicago, IL
     
Exposure to traumatic events and the resulting physical and mental health consequences is one of the greatest public health threats facing our nation. This presentation will address the prevalence of potentially traumatizing events among women and girls as well as discus the health consequences of this exposure. Accordingly, the Federal Partners Working Group on Women and Trauma has been established and is actively working to catalyze dialog, policy and programming across Federal departments. The Office on Women's Health in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has been a leader, along with SAMHSA and other HHS agencies, in addressing the impact of trauma on women and girls.

Learning Areas:
Administer health education strategies, interventions and programs
Advocacy for health and health education
Implementation of health education strategies, interventions and programs
Public health or related education
Public health or related laws, regulations, standards, or guidelines
Social and behavioral sciences

Learning Objectives:
Understand the terms “Trauma” and “Trauma-Informed Care” Identify the prevalence of trauma exposure in our society Evaluate the Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) Study Identify the structure and function of the Federal Partners Working group on Women and Trauma Identify some of the Office on Women’s Health regional efforts to increase awareness of the issues of women and trauma as well as efforts to train providers on trauma-informed care.

Keywords: Adult and Child Mental Health, Violence Prevention

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I work to develop and secure programs and activities to improve the health of women across the lifespan with particular emphasis on disadvantaged and underrepresented groups of women. My work has a particular emphasis on addressing the impact of trauma on women and girls and reentry issues for incarcerated women.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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