Adults' exposure to adverse childhood experiences in the United States nationwide and in each state: modeled estimates from 2019-2020.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although preventable, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) can result in lifelong health harms. Current surveillance data on adults' exposure to ACEs are either unavailable or incomplete for many U.S. states.

Methods

Current estimates of the proportion of U.S. adults with past ACEs exposures were obtained by analysing individual-level data from 2019 to 2020 Behavioural Risk Factor Surveillance System-annual nationally representative survey of noninstitutionalized adults aged 18+years. Standardised questions measuring ACEs exposures (presence of household member with mental illness, substance abuse, or incarceration; parental separation; witnessing intimate partner violence; experiencing physical, emotional, or sexual abuse during childhood) were categorised into 0

SUBMITTER: Aslam MV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11848652 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature