To understand how to make exposure to trauma and adversity in childhood a public health issue

Exposure to adversity and trauma in childhood is common has significant ongoing impacts on children's physical & mental health. The implementation of trauma sensitive practices; training in the prevalence & impacts of trauma on the developing brain & a child's whole world, is firmly established as best practice in health & education sectors internationally with several decades of research demonstrating its' positive impacts. In Australia the implementation & uptake these practices is fragmented and disparate, making meaningful change difficult. This project will investigate how other jursidictions have adopted a public health approach to these issues and manage to convert whole education and health systems.