Providing Primary Care for HIV in the Context of Trauma: Experiences of the Health Care Team

Trauma-informed health care for women living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) attends not only to HIV treatment, but also to the many common physical and emotional health consequences of trauma. One principle of providing trauma-informed care is the acknowledgement that working with a population that has experienced extensive trauma affects the team members who care for them in the clinic, as well as the interactions between those team members.

Source: Womens Health Issues - June 30, 2019 Category: Primary Care Authors: Carol Dawson-Rose, Yvette P. Cuca, Martha Shumway, Katy Davis, Edward L. Machtinger Tags: Trauma and HIV Source Type: research