Books
Websites
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PACEs ConnectionPACEs Connection, an ever-growing social network, connects those who are implementing trauma-informed and resilience-building practices based on ACEs science.
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ACEs General Practice ToolkitThe resources in this part of the ACEs Toolkit are designed to support GPs’ understanding of ACEs and their impacts, and to facilitate the building of children’s resilience to avoid these negative impacts.
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ACEs 101 Online CourseThis online learning module introduces the 1998 ACEs study through scenario-based learning, and surveys programs that are using knowledge of ACEs to create better health outcomes.
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CDC Vital Signs - ACEsThis website from the CDC provides an overview of ACEs and additional resources for action and education.
Articles
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Relationship of Childhood Abuse and Household Dysfunction to Many of the Leading Causes of Death in AdultsAn analysis of the relationship of health risk behavior and disease in adulthood to the breadth of exposure to childhood emotional, physical, or sexual abuse, and household dysfunction during childhood.
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Adverse Childhood Experiences and Adult Risk Factors for Age-Related Disease Depression, Inflammation, and Clustering of Metabolic Risk MarkersChildren exposed to adverse psychosocial experiences have enduring emotional, immune, and metabolic abnormalities that contribute to explaining their elevated risk for age-related disease. The promotion of healthy psychosocial experiences for children is a necessary and potentially cost-effective target for the prevention of age-related disease.
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Unpacking the impact of adverse childhood experiences on adult mental healthThe current study analyzes the relationship between an expanded ACE score that includes being spanked as a child and adult mental health outcomes by examining each ACE separately to determine the contribution of each ACE.
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Biological memory of childhood maltreatment - current knowledge and recommendations for future researchAfter summarizing current knowledge of such biological consequences of Child Mistreatment (e.g. on the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis, on telomere length and telomerase activity, and the immune system), this article hints at important questions that have to be answered in this research area.
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The impact of adverse childhood experiences on health service use across the life course using a retrospective cohort studyAlong with the acute impacts of adverse childhood experiences on child health, a life course perspective provides a compelling case for investing in safe and nurturing childhoods. Disproportionate health expenditure in later life might be reduced through childhood interventions to prevent adverse childhood experiences.
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Adverse childhood experiences and life opportunities: Shifting the narrativeAdverse childhood experiences are negatively associated with adult education, employment, and income potential. Understanding the potential impact of early adversity across the life course is critical to breaking the intergenerational cycle of poverty.
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Child Maltreatment and Adult Living Standards at 50 YearsChildhood maltreatment is associated with poor midadulthood socioeconomic outcomes, with accumulating risk for those experiencing multiple types of maltreatment. Cognitive ability and mental health are implicated in the pathway to outcome for neglect but not abuse.
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Balancing ACEs with HOPEThis report presents evidence for HOPE (Health Outcomes of Positive Experiences) based on newly released, compelling data that reinforce the need to promote positive experiences for children and families in order to foster healthy childhood development despite the adversity common in so many families.
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Professionalism Lapses and Adverse Childhood Experiences: Reflections From the Island of Last ResortWilliams, Betsy White PhD, MPH Professionalism Lapses and Adverse Childhood Experiences: Reflections From the Island of Last Resort, Academic Medicine: August 2019 - Volume 94 - Issue 8 p 1081-1083 doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000002793
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The Lifelong Effects of Early Childhood Adversity and Toxic StressThis report presents an ecobiodevelopmental framework that illustrates how early experiences and environmental influences can leave a lasting signature on the genetic predispositions that affect emerging brain architecture and long-term health.
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The Science of Early Life Toxic Stress for Pediatric Practice and AdvocacyPediatrics. 2013 Feb; 131(2): 319–327.