Adverse Childhood Experiences Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are potentially stressful or traumatic incidents that harm social, cognitive, and emotional functioning and undermine the safe, stable, nurturing relationships and ...
This three-part infographic series highlights the results of ASTHO's 2019 ACEs capacity assessment tool (ACECAT) showing how agencies prioritize primary prevention strategies, have opportunities to improve selected partnerships to ...
Adverse Childhood Experiences Policy Statement
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) can lead to chronic physical and behavioral health issues and, ultimately, early death. This brief highlights examples of primary prevention strategies, including building skills and promoting ...
Minnesota's Healthy Start Act is an example of the power of cross-sector collaboration to prevent adverse childhood experiences. ... Minnesota's Healthy Start Act is an example of the power of cross-sector collaboration to prevent ...
February 2019 Adverse Childhood Experiences: Primary Prevention Background Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) refer to harmful events during the formative years of a person’s life, such as child abuse and neglect (CAN) or ...
The Preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences Framework The Preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Framework is a tool state and territorial health agency (S/THA) leadership can use to intervene using systems levers ...
This Adverse Childhood Experiences Capacity Assessment Tool (ACECAT) roadmap provides concrete steps to completing the ACECAT asynchronously and helps health agencies identify opportunities to work on this public health issue to ...
This product identifies strategies for preventing ACEs, the role of public health in ACEs across levels of government, and policy development strategies to inform ACEs prevention. ... Adverse Childhood Experiences Prevention Policy ...
The Suicide, Overdose, and Adverse Childhood Experiences Prevention Capacity Assessment Tool (SPACECAT) helps local, state, and territorial health agencies better understand their capacity to address suicide, overdose, and ...
This webinar focuses on the importance of policy and braiding and layering funding to address and prevent adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). It features guest presentations from Jonathan Purtle, DrPH, who will provide an overview ...
Public health agencies play an important part in preventing adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), a key strategy to improving health outcomes over time.
Cross-Sector Partnerships to Prevent Adverse Childhood Experiences ASTHO fosters cross-collaboration through various activities focused on assessing, building, and sustaining partnerships. By building strong partnerships, ASTHO ...
Health Officials Seek to Prevent Adverse Childhood Experiences ARLINGTON, VA—At least five of the top 10 leading causes of death are associated with adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), according to a new report released ...
Upstream Policies to Prevent Adverse Childhood Experiences ASTHO works with state, territorial, and freely associated state health agencies to establish upstream policies that address and prevent ACEs. ASTHO bases capacity building ...
In recent years, states and territories have started looking at braiding and layering funding streams as a way to leverage existing resources to achieve population-level impact. Adverse childhood experiences is one area that lends ...
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During the 2023 legislative session, a number of states enacted policies that advance ACEs prevention measures and support families in ensuring safe places for their children to live, grow, and play. ... Policies Supporting Young Families ...
Surveillance data allow public health practitioners and researchers to track changes in the burden of ACEs by collecting data on previous exposure, health conditions that may impact or be impacted by exposure, and other related topics. ... ...
State and territorial health departments can prevent ACEs, improve health equity, and reduce health disparities among children and families by providing access to preventive services and bolstering relationships with caregivers. ... State ...