Our Mission
Growth Through Evidence-based Trauma and Violence-Informed Care Education
“Do you want to make a difference in your daily interactions with clients AND Staff? Talk to me, and through compassion, tenacity, and kindness, we will bring equity-oriented, trauma-and-violence-informed health to everyone. .”
— Tracy Hobson
The Need
Over 75% of Canadians experience trauma that would meet the threshold of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). These experiences can happen once (disasters, accidents) or many times (child abuse, partner violence) and can affect entire groups (war, colonialism, pandemics). Policies and practices can also be violent (i.e., cause harm). Systemic racism, sexism, able-ism, transphobia, other forms of discrimination, poverty and insecure access to safe shelter are all forms of structural violence that exacerbate health and social inequities.
When people seeking care are treated with respect and compassion, with attention paid to ensuring an emotionally, physically and culturally safe environment₁, they feel more confident in their care and more able to handle their health problems. This is associated with improved health outcomes.
When health care staff are treated with respect and compassion, with attention paid to ensuring an emotionally, physically and culturally safe environment, they are more satisfied at work, sick calls decrease, client care and staff retention improve.
how to make lasting change
Evidence-based and People-centred
Shared Humanity Consulting draws from the academic, clinical, and practical work and study performed by EQUIP Health Care at UBC. EQUIP, “is a research and implementation program that involves health equity interventions implemented in a range of health care settings”.
Do you work in an organisation that strives to balance high-quality care with cost efficiency? Does your organisation need help with staff retention and client satisfaction? Have you ever considered how your organisation approaches clients and how your approach can positively or negatively impact health outcomes? Do you know what equity-oriented health care is?
Health equity is “…the absence of avoidable or remediable differences among groups of people₁.” Ensuring that all people have full access to opportunities that enable them to lead healthy lives. (Equip Health Care, 2024)