Table 2.
Trauma-Specific Services | Number of Participants | Average a,b | |||||
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Strongly Disagree | Disagree | Agree | Strongly Agree | Providers and Staff (N=31) | Providers (N=14) | Staff (N=17) | |
The Center provides opportunities for care coordination for services not provided within that organization. | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 2.5 |
The Center educates patients about traumatic stress and triggers. | 2 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 2.3 |
The Center has access to a clinician (medical caregiver) with expertise in trauma and trauma support services (on staff or available for regular consultation). | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 2.5 |
The Center provides opportunities for patients to receive a variety of services (e.g., housing, employment, legal and educational advocacy, mental health and substance abuse services). | 0 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
When mental health services are needed (i.e. individual therapy, group therapy and/or family therapy), the Center refers patients to counseling. | 0 | 0 | 15 | 16 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
The Center provides opportunities for patients to express themselves in creative nonverbal ways (i.e. art, theater, dance, movement, music). | 0 | 2 | 14 | 17 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.3 |
Written safety plans (i.e. what a patient and staff* members will do if the patient feels threatened by another person outside of the Center) are incorporated into patients’ individual goals and plans. | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 2.3 |
Each patient has an individualized written crisis prevention plan (i.e. for how to help manage stress and feel supported) which includes a list of triggers, strategies and responses which are helpful and those that are not helpful and a list of persons the patient can go to for support. | 4 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 2.1 |
The term “staff” in the quantitative assessments was defined as inclusive of both center providers and staff. Participants were provided this definition as part of the introduction to the assessment.
Answer options ranged from 0=strongly disagree to 3=strongly agree
Shading indicates the mean is ≥2, suggesting availability of TIC services