Assessing adverse childhood experiences in young refugees: a systematic review of available questionnaires.

ABSTRACT: Today, various questionnaires are available to assess Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in children; however, it is uncertain if these questionnaires are comprehensive in addressing adversities of vulnerable subgroups, specifically refugee children. This review's objectives are to (1) identify current ACE questionnaires and determine if they are suitable in assessing refugee children's adversities, and (2) identify those previously used within a refugee population. A systematic literature search was conducted across five databases for articles published since 2010, including studies using an ACE-questionnaire that recognized multiple adversities in healthy children and were published in English. A total of 103 ACE questionnaires were identified in 506 studies. Only 14 of the 103 questio

SUBMITTER: Abdelhamid S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11618322 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature