Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

Adverse Childhood Experiences and Lifelong Health

Adverse Childhood Experiences and Lifelong Health EDITORIAL N MORE THAN 60 ARTICLES SINCE 1998, INTER- illness and is a likely predictor of long-term negative life nist Vincent Felitti, MD, pediatrician Robert events. Anda, MD, MS, and others have studied the re- The authors then posit that there are problems meth- lationship of childhood adversity and a variety odologically with the retrospective nature of the cur- 1,2 I of lifelong physical and emotional outcomes. rent ACEs, which also miss things we know are prob- Using a retrospective study design, they surveyed 17 337 lems associated with adult adversity, such as poor peer adult health maintenance organization members (aver- relationships, poor school performance, poverty, and un- age age, 57 years) about crucial events during child- employment. They then add additional variables to the hood and linked those events in a dose-response man- original ACEs to see what contributes more to psycho- ner with cardiovascular disease; cancer; AIDS, and other logical distress, choosing new items that have been sug- sexually transmitted diseases; unwanted, often-high- gested by relationships of child maltreatment with child- risk pregnancies; chronic obstructive pulmonary dis- hood stress in current research. These additional adverse ease; and a legacy of self-perpetuating child abuse. While experiences include having http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA Pediatrics American Medical Association

Adverse Childhood Experiences and Lifelong Health

Palusci, Vincent J.
JAMA Pediatrics , Volume 167 (1) – Jan 1, 2013
Download PDF
2 pages

Loading next page...
 
/lp/american-medical-association/adverse-childhood-experiences-and-lifelong-health-BczC7yIPJb
Publisher
American Medical Association
Copyright
Copyright 2013 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
ISSN
2168-6203
eISSN
2168-6211
DOI
10.1001/jamapediatrics.2013.427
pmid
23403743
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

EDITORIAL N MORE THAN 60 ARTICLES SINCE 1998, INTER- illness and is a likely predictor of long-term negative life nist Vincent Felitti, MD, pediatrician Robert events. Anda, MD, MS, and others have studied the re- The authors then posit that there are problems meth- lationship of childhood adversity and a variety odologically with the retrospective nature of the cur- 1,2 I of lifelong physical and emotional outcomes. rent ACEs, which also miss things we know are prob- Using a retrospective study design, they surveyed 17 337 lems associated with adult adversity, such as poor peer adult health maintenance organization members (aver- relationships, poor school performance, poverty, and un- age age, 57 years) about crucial events during child- employment. They then add additional variables to the hood and linked those events in a dose-response man- original ACEs to see what contributes more to psycho- ner with cardiovascular disease; cancer; AIDS, and other logical distress, choosing new items that have been sug- sexually transmitted diseases; unwanted, often-high- gested by relationships of child maltreatment with child- risk pregnancies; chronic obstructive pulmonary dis- hood stress in current research. These additional adverse ease; and a legacy of self-perpetuating child abuse. While experiences include having

Journal

JAMA Pediatrics – American Medical Association

Published: Jan 1, 2013

References

  • Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study: major findings by publication year.
  • Relationship of childhood abuse and household dysfunction to many of the leading causes of death in adults: the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study.
    Felitti, VJ; Anda, RF; Nordenberg, D
  • What explains the negative consequences of adverse childhood experiences on adult health? insights from cognitive and neuroscience research.
    Weiss, MJS; Wagner, SH
  • Assessing the reliability of retrospective reports of adverse childhood experiences among adult HMO members attending a primary care clinic.
    Dube, SR; Williamson, DF; Thompson, T; Felitti, VJ; Anda, RF
  • The enduring effects of abuse and related adverse experiences in childhood: a convergence of evidence from neurobiology and epidemiology.
    Anda, RF; Felitti, VJ; Bremner, JD
  • Effect of early childhood adversity on child health.
    Flaherty, EG; Thompson, R; Litrownik, AJ
  • Adverse childhood experiences (ACE) and health-risk behaviors among adults in a developing country setting.
    Ramiro, LS; Madrid, BJ; Brown, DW
  • The lifelong effects of early childhood adversity and toxic stress.
    Shonkoff, JP; Garner, AS
  • An integrated framework for child survival and early childhood development.
    Shonkoff, JP; Richter, L; van der Gaag, J; Bhutta, ZA
  • Improving the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study Scale [published online November 26, 2012].
    Finkelhor, D; Shattuck, A; Turner, H; Hamby, S
  • The Effects of Childhood Stress on Health Across the Lifespan.
    Middlebrooks, JS; Audage, NC
  • Estimated Annual Cost of Child Abuse and Neglect.
    Gelles, RJ; Perlman, S
  • Invest in Kids.
  • Community treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder for children exposed to intimate partner violence: a randomized controlled trial.
    Cohen, JA; Mannarino, AP; Iyengar, S
  • Developing interventions for trauma-exposed children: a comment on progress to date, and 3 recommendations for further advancing the field.
    Layne, CM
  • Services and recurrence after psychological maltreatment confirmed by child protective services.
    Palusci, VJ; Ondersma, SJ
  • The challenge of mental health care in pediatrics.
    Perrin, EC; Sheldrick, RC
  • Connecting the dots in childhood and adolescent trauma.
    Asnes, AG; Leventhal, JM
  • Early childhood adversity, toxic stress, and the role of the pediatrician: translating developmental science into lifelong health.
    Garner, AS; Shonkoff, JP