Assessment of Screening for Adverse Childhood Experiences and Receipt of Behavioral Health Services Among Children and Adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Screening for adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in primary care settings has been increasing as a response to the overwhelming and consistent evidence of the deleterious associations between ACEs and later physical and mental health. However, there is little empirical guidance on the appropriate implementation of ACEs screening in pediatric primary care.

Objective

To test the use of a pilot intervention for ACEs screening and referral on the receipt of behavioral health care for children and adolescents within a large integrated health care delivery system.

Design, setting, and participants

A retrospective cohort study was conducted in a large integrated health care system serving Southern California. Child and adolescent members of the target health car

SUBMITTER: Negriff S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9857176 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature