Leveraging Surveillance and Evidence: Preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences Through Data to Action.

ABSTRACT: Adverse childhood experiences are potentially traumatic events that occur in childhood that have been associated with lifelong chronic health problems, mental illness, substance misuse, and decreased life opportunities. Therefore, preventing adverse childhood experiences is critical to improving health and socioeconomic outcomes throughout the lifespan. The Preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences: Data to Action (CDC-RFA-CE20-2006) funding initiative is a comprehensive public health approach to adverse childhood experience prevention that aims to understand the prevalence of and risk factors for adverse childhood experiences among youth, track changes in adverse childhood experience prevalence over time, focus prevention strategies, and ultimately measure the success of those evidence-bas

SUBMITTER: Guinn AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9210212 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature