Primary Care Providers' Knowledge, Perceptions, and Practice of Trauma-Informed Care in a Public Health Care Setting
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13853823 |
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| Authors | Emma C Lathan (0000-0002-9077-213X, General Department of Preventive Medicine, corresponding author), Tamara Haynes (0000-0002-9216-5181, General Department of Preventive Medicine), Ryan Langhinrichsen-Rohling (General Department of Preventive Medicine), Stan Sonu (0000-0001-7192-6829, General Department of Preventive Medicine), Stan C Sonu, Abigail Powers (0000-0003-3197-7415, General Department of Preventive Medicine) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 209-219 |
| Publication date | 2023-09-11 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Family & Community Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0160-6379 • E-ISSN: 1550-5057 |
| Publisher | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1097/fch.0000000000000376 |
| PMID | 37703510 |
| OpenAlex | W4386595731 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 30 |
Despite serving patients with especially high rates of trauma exposure and related sequelae, many primary care providers do not receive specialized training in the provision of trauma-informed care (TIC). This study sought to document primary care providers' baseline rates of TIC training and their knowledge, perceptions, and practice of TIC at a large, urban public hospital in the Southeastern United States. Participants (n = 67; 68.7% women; 44.8% white; Mage = 36.7 years, standard deviation [SD]age = 9.8 years) completed an online self-report survey on their TIC training status, trauma-related knowledge, perceptions, and practices, as well as burnout and secondary traumatic stress. Less than half of participants (43.3%) endorsed TIC training exposure. Participants generally had adequate levels of trauma-related knowledge (76.5% of items correct) and favorable perceptions of TIC (endorsed 89.7% of TIC-supportive statements). Most participants (86.6%) endorsed recently using trauma-informed practices, but only 47.8% reported routinely screening for trauma-related disorders. Participants who reported receiving prior TIC training scored better on knowledge items and endorsed recently using more trauma-informed practices than those who did not have training exposure. TIC training status' associations with current screening practices and perceptions of TIC were trending toward significance. TIC training status was not related to burnout, and trained participants reported greater secondary traumatic stress than those without training exposure. Results point to system-wide TIC training as a well-received, translational strategy that can enhance the trauma-informed nature of primary care provision
Burnout · Family medicine · Perception · Public health · Clinical Psychology · Emergency and Acute Care Studies · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Nursing · Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research · Psychology
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| Highly cited | No |
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