Table 1.

Bowen and Murshid’s six core principles of trauma-informed social policy^{( 32 )}

Principle	Definition
Safety	Ensure physical and emotional safety; prevent further trauma from occurring
Trustworthiness and transparency	Maintain transparency in policies and procedures, with the objective of building trust among stakeholders
Collaboration	View policy’s target population as active partners in policy development and implementation and as experts in their own lives
Empowerment	Share power with policy’s target population, giving them a strong voice in decision making
Choice	Preserve meaningful choices for policy’s target population to maintain a sense of control
Intersectionality	Focus on awareness of identity characteristics and the privileges or oppression these characteristics can incur