Tribal Chairmen's Health Summit Looks at First 1,000 Days - South Dakota (5 min)

"The Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Health Board is focusing on giving babies a good start. The board serves as an advocate for tribes in South Dakota, North Dakota, Iowa, and Nebraska. At this year’s Tribal Chairmen’s Health Summit, leaders and health officials came together to discuss how to prevent and mitigate stress in the first one thousand days of child’s life....

"That stress and trauma is known as an adverse childhood experience. Doctor Donald Warne is the Director of the Master of Public Health program at North Dakota State University. He says children who have to deal with these adverse experiences often have poorer health as adults...."

http://listen.sdpb.org/post/tribal-chairmens-health-summit-looks-first-1000-days

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