Trauma-Informed Primary Healthcare for Parents: Multidisciplinary Experiences in Rural Service Implementation

Abstract

Trauma-informed approaches to service delivery increase awareness of the pervasiveness of trauma exposure and acknowledge the lifelong effects of traumatic stress on health and wellbeing. This study explored workforce experiences of trauma-informed primary healthcare for parents. A face-to-face workshop was conducted with 14 Victorian rural professionals in 2021. Local workforce survey results (n = 63) about trauma-informed care were presented to the group (50% social workers) and they discussed strategies for system implementation. Content analysis was used to develop four categories from the transcribed workshop discussion: (1) primary healthcare understanding of complex trauma; (2) primar..