Healing the Past by Nurturing the Future: Aboriginal parents' views of what helps support recovery from complex trauma.

ABSTRACT: We aimed to understand support needs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander parents experiencing complex trauma.Becoming a parent is an exciting yet challenging transition, particularly for parents who have experienced past hurt in their own childhood which can have long lasting effects, including complex trauma. Complex trauma-related distress can make it harder to care for a baby, but the parenting transition offers unique opportunities for recovery.This formative research is part of a community-based participatory action research project which aims to co-design perinatal awareness, recognition, assessment and support strategies for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander parents experiencing complex trauma. We used an Indigenist approach and grounded theory methods. Aboriginal and Torr

SUBMITTER: Chamberlain C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8506449 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature