Impact of Unresolved Trauma on American Indian Health Equity

Numerous sources of trauma continue to adversely impact Indigenous Peoples, including historical trauma, forced boarding school participation, adverse childhood experiences, and ongoing racism and marginalization. In this session we will explore the impact of unresolved trauma on American Indian health equity, and we will describe sources of strength and resilience that can be supported to improve population health outcomes.

Speaker

Donald Warne, Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion as well as the Director of the Indians Into Medicine and Public Health Programs, & Professor of Family and Community Medicine at UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences

This webinar is open to the Harvard community and is part of a monthly series called “Racism and Health — Understanding & Addressing Its Multiple Mechanism”, sponsored by the Department of Social & Behavioral Sciences.

Register for Zoom Information: tinyurl.com/apr-sbs-seminar