Category: CEASe of Scott County

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Scott County Coalitions and Leaders Meet with 

Governor’s Office and DMHA

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Scott County Receives State-of-the-Art Trauma Informed Care Training

For the last decade, unlikely communities across the nation have been in the headlines for what has become one of this nation’s worst challenges—the opioid epidemic. This has led to some other unintended consequences, specifically higher rates of HIV due to syringe sharing during injection drug use. 

Carol Dawson-Rose, a researcher at the International Center for HIV/AIDS Research and Clinical Training in Nursing, says that people with HIV are still at risk for premature death – not from their disease, but from conditions, such as suicide, violence or substance use, which are often related to past or current physical or psychological trauma.  Continue reading “Scott County Receives State-of-the-Art Trauma Informed Care Training” →