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150 people attend Camden's first trauma summit

Philly.com columnist Kevin Riordan posted his impressions of Monday's trauma summit in Camden, N.J. 

"Camden is a traumatized community," said Sandra L. Bloom, a physician who is an associate professor in Drexel University's School of Public Health and was the keynote presenter.

"What's important is that we now have a lot of science about the impact of trauma and adversity on children, families, and organizations and communities," she said..."Everybody can do their little bit. Even if it's just saying a kind word to somebody. Some ordinary thing. You never know with another person what's going to change the trajectory of their life. Ultimately they have to do it."

http://articles.philly.com/2013-05-07/news/39093553_1_north-camden-cooper-medical-school-hopeworks-n-camden

Reporter Kim Mulford at CourierOnline also covered the summit:

Dr. Jeffrey Brenner, founder of the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers, said his organization’s soon-to-be-published study of 20 high-cost, complex patients in the city showed the majority experienced severe instability or early-life trauma.

“Now, when I sit back and I think of my practice, I think, ‘Oh my God, how did I spend 10 years in Camden and never fully pulled it apart and understood it?’ ” he said.

“I need to go back to my own field and figure out how I nudge the health care delivery system in Camden to understand this issue, embrace this issue and rethink how we deliver care.”

http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20130507/NEWS01/305070031/

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