TIHCER Zoom October 2024 - Trauma and Resilience Inquiry in Family Planning Settings with Megha Shankar and Sara Johnson

Trauma Informed Health Care Education and Research Collaborative (TIHCER) presents:

Trauma and Resilience Inquiry in Family Planning Settings

Trauma affects family planning, and there is a higher incidence of trauma history in patients seeking STI and pregnancy testing, as well as abortion care. We adapted and applied the Trauma and Resilience-informed Inquiry for Adversity, Distress, and Strengths (TRIADS) framework to family planning settings through literature review and focus groups with family planning clinicians. We will be presenting our findings on how to discuss and respond to trauma when caring for patients in family planning settings.  

Megha Shankar, MD is an internal medicine physician, health services researcher, and medical educator at the University of California San Diego. Her clinical and academic work spans trauma informed care, reproductive health, immigrant/refugee health, health equity, and medical education. She seeks to promote reproductive health equity through trauma informed care.

Sara Johnson, MD is an obstetrician-gynecologist at La Clinica de la Raza in Oakland, Calif, and a health services consultant focused on advancing trauma-informed care in reproductive health and translating the science of resilience and adversity into clinical practice and policy.  She serves as an advisor to the UCLA-UCSF ACEs Aware Family Resilience Network, and the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative.