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Perspectives
To better understand the role childhood
trauma plays in increased
community risk, as well as the programs
that are emerging to treat the problem
at its source, NFPA Journal recently
spoke with Karla Klas, managing director
of injury prevention and community
outreach at the University of Michigan
Trauma Burn Center. The center's
nationally acclaimed community- and
family-centered injury prevention
programs focus on preventing and mitigating
high-risk behaviors to reduce the
occurrence of trauma, burn injuries,
and violence. Klas also coordinates the
Straight Talk youth fire-setting prevention
and intervention program. Her
31-year career includes trauma-burn
critical-care nursing, research, injury
prevention, CRR, mentoring, public
education, and more.
" Family-centered injury prevention
COMMUNITY RISK
TAKING ON RISK
AT ITS SOURCE
MOUNTING EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THAT MULTIPLE TRAUMATIC
EXPERIENCES DURING CHILDHOOD CAN LEAD PEOPLE
TOWARD RISKIER AND MORE DANGEROUS BEHAVIORS LATER
IN LIFE. COULD THIS KNOWLEDGE HELP SAFETY AGENCIES
BUILD MORE EFFECTIVE RISK-REDUCTION PROGRAMS?
Interview conducted and edited by Jesse Roman
I
t's well understood that
childhood trauma can
have dramatic effects
on a person's adult life,
including an increased
risk of mental and physical illnesses,
risky behaviors, substance abuse, and
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more. In recent years, the risk prevention
world has started to recognize these
adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs,
as sizable contributors to individual and
community risk, and has begun to incorporate
this knowledge into community
risk reduction (CRR) programs.
programs can be highly effective ways
to reach at-risk children and families
and prevent a lot of problems later on, "
said Klas. " The problem is that a lot
of people and fire departments aren't
really aware of this work, even though
many of them are already doing it.
They just don't realize it. "
We don't talk about this topic much
in the fire and life safety world.
What do you do, and what is
family-centered injury prevention?
In the fire service, CRR is all about
trying to reduce injuries and fires and
other risks in the community. In all
trauma and burn center hospitals we
do the same thing. We call it injury
and violence prevention, but it's the
same type of work, with more of a focus
on injury. We do it as part of obtaining
our accreditation, but we also do
it because it's just the right thing to
do. What that looks like is similar
to CRR in the fire service world-we
focus on individuals in trying to tailor
strategies and education and other
approaches used to reduce injury or
risk. " Family-centered " means that we
recognize that's it's going to take more
than just focusing on that individual,
that we'll have to bring in other family
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