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Citation

Magruder KM, McLaughlin KA, Elmore Borbon DL. Eur. J. Psychotraumatol. 2017; 8(1): e1375338.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UCLA-Duke University National Center for Child Traumatic Stress, Washington, D.C, U.S.A.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, The Author(s), Publisher Co-action Publishing)

DOI

10.1080/20008198.2017.1375338

PMID

29435198

PMCID

PMC5800738

Abstract

Exposure to trauma is pervasive in societies worldwide and is associated with substantial costs to the individual and society, making it a significant global public health concern. We present evidence for trauma as a public health issue by highlighting the role of characteristics operating at multiple levels of influence - individual, relationship, community, and society - as explanatory factors in both the occurrence of trauma and its sequelae. Within the context of this multi-level framework, we highlight targets for prevention of trauma and its downstream consequences and provide examples of where public health approaches to prevention have met with success. Finally, we describe the essential role of public health policies in addressing trauma as a global public health issue, including key challenges for global mental health and next steps for developing and implementing a trauma-informed public health policy agenda. A public health framework is critical for understanding risk and protective factors for trauma and its aftermath operating at multiple levels of influence and generating opportunities for prevention.


Language: en




La exposición al trauma es general en las sociedades de todo el mundo y está asociada con costos sustanciales para el individuo y la sociedad, lo que la convierte en un importante problema mundial de salud pública. Presentamos evidencia del trauma como problema de salud pública al destacar el papel de las características que operan en múltiples niveles de influencia -individuo, relación, comunidad y sociedad- como factores que explican tanto la ocurrencia del trauma como sus secuelas. En el contexto de este marco multi-nivel, destacamos objetivos para la prevención del trauma y sus consecuencias posteriores, y ofrecemos ejemplos de los casos en que los abordajes preventivos de salud pública han tenido éxito. Por último, describimos el papel esencial de las políticas de salud pública a la hora de abordar el trauma como problema de salud pública mundial, incluyendo los retos clave para la salud mental global y los próximos pasos para desarrollar e implementar una agenda de políticas de salud pública. Un marco de salud pública es fundamental para comprender los factores de riesgo y de protección para el trauma y sus secuelas, que operan en múltiples niveles de influencia y generan oportunidades de prevención.


Language: es


摘要:创伤暴露在世界范围的社会中都普遍存在,且对个人和社会造成了重大的损失。这使得创伤暴露成为了一个显著的世界公共健康问题。我们强调有特色的应对(characteristics operating)在多重水平上(个人、关系、社区和社会)的影响是创伤的发生及其后果的解释因素,从而提出创伤是公共健康问题的证据。在这一多水平框架的背景下,我们强调了预防创伤的目标和随之带来的后果,并举出利用公共健康方法成功预防创伤的例子。最终,我们描述了公共卫生政策在解决作为全球公共健康问题的创伤时扮演的重要角色,全球精神健康面临的关键挑战,以及发展和实施针对创伤的公共健康政策日程的未来步骤。不论是理解创伤的危险和保护因素以及创伤后应对方式在多重水平上的影响,还是促发预防机会,公共健康框架都至关重要。.


Language: zh

Keywords

Trauma; desastre; disaster; early intervention; estrés traumático; intervención temprana; prevención; prevention; public health; salud pública; traumatic stress; • Exposure to trauma is pervasive in societies worldwide and is associated with substantial costs to the individual and society, making it a significant global public health concern.• We present factors at individual, relationship, community, and society levels—as explanatory factors in both the occurrence of trauma and its sequelae.• We highlight targets for prevention of trauma and early intervention at all of these levels.• We describe the essential role of public health policies in addressing trauma as a global public health issue.; 公共健康; 创伤; 创伤应激; 早期干预; 灾难; 预防

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