"They're Not Going to Say They're Hungry": Designing Health Care for Trauma Survivors [commonwealthfund.org]

Carey Sipp 5/27/214:00 AM

By Shanoor Seervai, The Commonwealth Fund, May 21, 2021

Many of us can recall a time we felt nervous about seeing a doctor. Maybe it was because we were wary about how much the visit would cost, or what a diagnosis would mean for our health. Now, imagine how much more stress you would feel if you had experienced trauma — from domestic violence or human trafficking, for example.

Trauma survivors are the people family medicine physician Anita Ravi, M.D., cares for. On the latest episode of The Dose podcast, Ravi and Keisha Walcott, one of her former patients, talk about how to design health systems for women and girls who have experienced gender-based violence. Ravi and Walcott explain how health, poverty, and trauma are interlinked and why providers must address all three.

[Please click here to listen to the podcast and to read the transcript.]

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