Publications by authors named "S Didonato"
Purpose: During the third-year emergency medicine (EM) clerkship, medical students are immersed in traumatic incidents with their patients and clinical teams. Trauma-informed medical education (TIME) applies trauma-informed care (TIC) principles to help students manage trauma. We aimed to qualitatively describe the extent to which students perceived the six TIME domains as they navigated critical incidents during their EM clerkship.
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- - Recent increases in opioid use among pregnant and parenting women highlight the need for effective treatment approaches, yet many face challenges with inpatient care and often drop out of treatment programs.
- - A study involving 30 pregnant women undergoing methadone initiation revealed themes such as barriers and facilitators to treatment, the transition to outpatient services, and the need for better clinical support.
- - The findings emphasize the importance of addressing the obstacles identified by participants to improve engagement and outcomes for pregnant individuals with opioid use disorder.
Objective: This qualitative research was conducted to add to the body of knowledge that supports the benefits of service dogs (SDs), as a tertiary treatment modality, to veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and/or traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Methods: This grounded theory research design utilized open-ended, semi-structured interviews with veterans ( = 10) who were using SDs as a treatment modality for PTSD and/or TBI. Transcripts were analyzed using NVivo qualitative software until data saturation was achieved.
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- * The study analyzed data from 2016 to 2019 and found that although youth with incarcerated parents were more likely to use mental health services, significant racial and ethnic disparities exist in access, particularly affecting Black and Latinx youth.
- * Findings highlight the need for increased mental health service availability for youth with incarcerated parents and efforts to address the disparities faced by Black and Latinx youth.
Implementation and Outcomes of the Trauma Ambassadors Program: A Case Study of Trauma-Informed Youth Leadership Development.
Child Adolesc Social Work J
January 2023
Community-based programs serve a critical need for vulnerable youth and families. In recent years, researchers and practitioners have urged programs to adopt a trauma-informed care (TIC) approach to address adversity in young people's lives. The purpose of this article is to describe the implementation and outcomes of the Trauma Ambassador (TA) Program, a pilot youth leadership program guided by a community-university partnership that utilized a TIC approach in an underserved East North Philadelphia neighborhood.
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