NIH R01 · 2024
PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Homelessness and associated traumas disproportionately impact Black women. While women experiencing homelessness (WEH) universally face traumatic stress, Black WEH are disproportionately impacted by trauma, including racial trauma. Repeated exposure to trauma contributes to the inequitable development of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), preventable biopsychosocial health adversity, and worsening of existing health inequities. Our research has shown that Black WEH identify trauma as a priority health issue, yet, evidence-based standard of trauma care remains largely unrealized in this population. In response to the dearth of culturally acceptable trauma care…
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