Over the last two decades, there have been profound advancements in what we know about the implications of ancestral trauma on the health and wellbeing of future generations. The question we investigate today: how is intergenerational trauma relevant to public health? We welcome Dr. Alicia Mendez to help answer this question. Dr. Mendez is a research assistant professor at Boston University’s school of social work. She studies child welfare and intergenerational trauma with a focus on mother-offspring relationships. Join us as we discuss what intergenerational trauma is, the current state of research in this field, and her own stories and motivations as to what encouraged her to perform her own research on this topic.
For resources for parents, click here: https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/responding/trauma/caregivers/
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