Healing the Past by Nurturing the Future: Aboriginal parents' views of what helps support recovery from complex trauma

C Chamberlain; Y Clark; S Hokke; A Hampton; C Atkinson; S Andrews

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Healing the Past by Nurturing the Future: Aboriginal parents' views of what helps support recovery from complex trauma

C Chamberlain, Y Clark, S Hokke, A Hampton, C Atkinson, S Andrews

Primary Health Care Research and Development | CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS | Published : 2021

DOI: 10.1017/S1463423621000463

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Abstract

We aimed to understand support needs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander parents experiencing complex trauma.Becoming a parent is an exciting yet challenging transition, particularly for parents who have experienced past hurt in their own childhood which can have long lasting effects, including complex trauma. Complex trauma-related distress can make it harder to care for a baby, but the parenting transition offers unique opportunities for recovery. This formative research is part of a community-based participatory action research project which aims to co-design perinatal awareness, recognition, assessment and support strategies for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander parents experie..

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Caroline Lisbeth Atkinson Author

Shawana Andrews Author

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Funding Acknowledgements

The Healing the Past by Nurturing the Future project is funded by the Lowitja Institute Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health CRC and the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) project grant (1141593). Several authors were supported by NHMRC Fellowships including Catherine Chamberlain (Career Development Fellowship 1161065) and Yvonne Clarke (Emerging Leader Fellowship 1178590).