Fractured: Health and Equity
Event Title
Poverty Makes Us Sick: How Milwaukee is Addressing an Epidemic of Trauma
Location
Marquette University
Document Type
Video
Start Date
8-11-2017 12:00 AM
End Date
8-11-2017 12:00 AM
Description
Most of us are aware of the terrible post-traumatic stress that afflicts soldiers and civilians in war zones. But here at home, many residents of neighborhoods devastated by de-industrialization and joblessness experience a similarly debilitating “toxic stress.” A panel of medical providers, community stakeholders, and journalists will discuss how Milwaukee is addressing its epidemic of trauma from individual therapies to efforts to strengthen the broader community.
Poverty Makes Us Sick: How Milwaukee is Addressing an Epidemic of Trauma
Marquette University
Most of us are aware of the terrible post-traumatic stress that afflicts soldiers and civilians in war zones. But here at home, many residents of neighborhoods devastated by de-industrialization and joblessness experience a similarly debilitating “toxic stress.” A panel of medical providers, community stakeholders, and journalists will discuss how Milwaukee is addressing its epidemic of trauma from individual therapies to efforts to strengthen the broader community.