@article{IR,
      school = {M.D.},
      author = {Dyer, Alexandria and Samuel, Helen and Blacquemoss,  Tyrell},
      url = {http://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/9615},
      title = {Understanding historical trauma (HT) and historical trauma  healing in the African diaspora: healer-practitioner  perspectives},
      publisher = {Oregon Health and Science University},
      abstract = {Historical trauma (HT) has been described as the  cumulative emotional and psychological wounding over the  lifespan and across generations, emanating from massive  [intentional] group trauma. Sparse scholarly research  exists examining the mechanism, impacts, and interventions  for historical trauma in specifically Black  communities/communities of the African Diaspora. Even less  work has been done to understand how to develop effective  culturally-responsive trauma interventions. To fill this  dearth in the literature, this qualitative study  interviewed traditional African/Black healer-practitioners  to develop a more in-depth understanding of specific  African/Black understandings and addressing of historical  trauma. Results of this study suggest that HT specifically  experienced by persons of the African Diaspora is  multifaceted and may directly challenge personal identity,  communal identity, and physical, emotional, and spiritual  health. HT healing was similarly multifaceted and suggested  that in addition to societal shifts toward justice, healing  of HT in Black communities should include a reclaiming of  ancestral healing practices in order to restore the  self-efficacy and community healing. This assertion  suggests that it may be inappropriate and ineffective to  approach health disparities from a solely physical or  mental health mindset in Black communities.},
      number = {IR},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.6083/pk02cb402},
      recid = {9615},
      address = {2022},
}