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Trauma-Informed Care: Behavioral Health in the Primary Care Setting

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The intersection of poverty, migration, and health creates a unique set of behavioral health issues that are often exacerbated by exposure to trauma. This session will review the concept of trauma-informed care to promote integrated behavioral health practices in primary care which address the complex social, cultural, economic, and justice factors that contribute to disease burden. Effectively addressing behavioral health issues for migrants requires both astute observation and gentle questioning on the part of the clinician. For many migrant patients, primary care is the only source of behavioral health services. Recognition of behavioral health concerns may be complicated when patients somaticize their symptoms of depression or anxiety. However, when done effectively, treating behavioral health problems in primary care presents opportunities for early intervention and prevention of disabling medical and behavioral health conditions. This session will provide participants will new ways of thinking about trauma, behavioral health, and possible interventions. The session will also provide tools that can be used in a primary care setting to address behavioral health concerns. 

Lessons from the Ebola Crisis: Global Health on your Doorstep

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Lessons from the Ebola Crisis: Global Health on your Doorstep
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We all live in an increasingly globalized world which is beset with economic and political crises as well as profound disparities in opportunity and access to scarce resources. Within this context, migration is a constant. Mobility within nations as well as internationally is an ever growing reality for many people throughout the world. Migration involves hundreds of millions of people worldwide, with major social and economic impacts on both countries of origin and destinations. 

The link between mobility and the spread of disease has always been present. However the increased speed of travel and growing numbers of migrants changes the dynamics of disease and has enormous implications for healthcare providers in all regions of the world. The recent outbreak of Ebola in Western Africa shows just how important mobility is to the spread of disease. 

In this webinar, Edward Zuroweste, MD, will discuss important lessons learned from the Ebola crisis based on his first-hand experience training clinicians in Sierra Leon and Guinea with the World Health Organization. The session will also discuss several other key infectious diseases currently seen in patients migrating to and from the United States.  Participants will explore strategies to implement in primary care to raise the index of suspicious to assist clinic systems in better identifying health concerns for migrants.

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