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Former PACEs Connection employees Dana Brown (L) with Vincent Felitti, MD, co-author of the 1998 Adverse Childhood Experiences study, and Carey Sipp (R) in San Diego in January, 2024. The last few months have been quite challenging, but we pushed, persevered, and didn’t give up hope. The “we” is Carey Sipp and Dana Brown. We were long-time staff members of PACEs Connection determined to reinstate the website and the resources and information we provide to communities after the platform went...

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...

Continuing our series from the TIHCER Special Section on TIC in The Permanente Journal – we have two great presentations this month! Read the entire special section on Innovations in Trauma-Informed Health Care: https://www.thepermanentejournal.org/collection-trauma-informed-healthcare Presentation #1 Time to Move Forward: Resilience and Trauma-Informed Care Building on advances in neuroscience and resilience research, the authors advocate for a shift from the pathology focused biomedical...

The National Collaborative on Trauma-Informed Health Care, Education and Research (TIHCER) presents: #1 - Primary Care as a Protective Factor: A Vision to Transform Health Care Delivery and Overcome Disparities in Health This commentary offers a vision of primary care as a protective factor that can transform the experience of care for both patients and practitioners, improve health outcomes and health equity, and contribute to efforts to rebuild the foundation of primary care in America...

We are continuing our series of presentations based on the articles published in our Special Section on TIC in The Permanente Journal : https://www.thepermanentejournal.org/collection-trauma-informed-healthcare This month we have two great presentations! #1 - Medical Students’ Knowledge, Attitudes Toward, and Identification of Adverse Childhood Experiences and Trauma-Informed Care Professionals from across the health disciplines are tasked with incorporating a trauma-informed care (TIC)...

Description: Kaiser Permanente has implemented routine ACEs screening for pediatrics (Kaiser Permanente Southern California) and Obstetrics (Kaiser Permanente Northern California). This presentation reviews strategies and lessons learned to support patients and staff in implementing this screening modality. Their program is described in the recent The Permanente Journal TIC special section article at the citation below. Watson, C. R., Young-Wolff, K. C., Negriff, S., Dumke, K., &...

To all of you, who, like me, love this website and want to see it and its communities flourish as we work to prevent and heal trauma; build resiliency: please know there is a move afoot by a small group of strategic partners to find a suitable host for PACEs Connection. More will be announced in the coming days. In the meantime, friends, we are figuring out email addresses and other communications logistics and opportunities. PEACE! Carey Sipp, former director of strategic partnerships ...

Hello partners, members, and friends, It is with mixed emotions that I am sharing that PACEs Connection will be sunsetting all operations effective Friday, April 26. While it saddens me to see this chapter of PACEs work come to a close, this work is too important to end, and efforts are underway to identify a new home for PACEs to continue its work. At the same time, this presents an exciting opportunity for PACEs to reemerge stronger than ever. Although we intended a seamless transition,...

The National Collaborative on Trauma-Informed Health Care, Education and Research (TIHCER) presents: Utilizing Trauma Informed Care Principles to Enhance Care for Refugee and Migrant Populations Migrants at the U.S.-Mexican border suffer from some of the most insidious health crises imaginable. This year alone, hundreds have died or been seriously injured from heat-related injuries, wall-falls, drownings, and neglect. Thousands suffer mental health crises because of their experiences;...

We are delighted to share that our special section on 'Innovations in Trauma-Informed Health Care' is now available online. Access the special collection: https://www.thepermanentejournal.org/collection-trauma-informed-healthcare Access the full issue: https://www.thepermanentejournal.org/toc/tpj/28/1 Download a pdf of the entire special section (TOC attached): https://tihcer.weebly.com/trauma-informed-health-care.html Please help us to spread the word by sharing the above URLs with your...

The National Collaborative on Trauma-Informed Health Care, Education and Research (TIHCER) presents: Navigating Journeys: Chile Crece Contigo's Integrated Health Approach to Child and Family Well-Being, a Chilean Model for Family Support in the Healthcare System – Dr. Claudia Lara This session offers an exploration of Chile Crece Contigo's integrated health service model. It will begin with an introduction to Chile Crece Contigo and its global objectives, followed by a look at the...