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2020-2023, Cohort 5

Training Community Leadership of Naturally Occurring Social Networks to Improve Access of Children Suffering from Trauma to Mental Health Services

Home / Projects / Training Community Leadership of Naturally Occurring Social Networks to Improve Access of Children Suffering from Trauma to Mental Health Services

Funded research sited by a task force for the City of New Orleans, surveyed 5,000 youth between 2012 and 2018, found a startling prevalence of youth living through profoundly traumatic events.

This reality calls for the development of interventions that will heal and partnerships that promote trauma-informed spaces. Strongly cohesive naturally occurring social networks (NOSN), that have decades of history in the various communities of Orleans Parish (Metro New Orleans), serve a strong healing purpose for people historically disenfranchised from traditional mental health and social supports.

We seek to address the “wicked problem” through the theory of change that a larger percentage of children living with profound trauma will access services through bridging two needs: increasing the cultural competence of our fragmented mental health treatment network, and empowering communities to more effectively access resources to support its children. The dyad of NOSNs and school-based nursing/social work resources will then have a vehicle to make a tremendous difference in the lives of children suffering from trauma.

Project Details

emPOWER NOLA
Team Members
  • Lauren Teverbaugh, MD
  • Maurice Sholas, MD, PhD
  • Arnold H. James, PhD
  • Rhonda M. Jackson, LMSW

LocationNew Orleans, Louisiana

Focus Areas
  • Behavioral and Mental Health
  • Social Determinants of Health
  • Violence & Trauma
Resources
  • A Wicked Problem: Solutions from Cohort 2020
  • Clinical Scholars Welcomes Cohort 2020-2023!

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