Tagged With "SAMHSA"

Summary There are four common co-occurring issues—parental substance abuse, parental mental illness, domestic violence, and child conduct problems—that are related to parenting and that lead to child maltreatment (Barth, 2009). Understanding and responding to these issues is vital for our parental education programming goals of preventing abuse and other forms of maltreatment. My program will be focusing its efforts in low-income communities where resources for parents may not be readily...

Grant Proposal Summary Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) poses a significant public health concern, with Dorchester County, SC, experiencing alarming rates. Despite this, the county lacks dedicated long-term support services for survivors, especially in gynecological care. This project addresses this critical gap by implementing trauma-informed gynecological care for adult survivors of CSA in Dorchester County aged 18-65. Survivors receiving care at Tri-County SPEAKS, where I worked for three...