In an attempt to look at the association between childhood trauma and the risk for physical and mental illness in adulthood, Kaiser Permanente and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention established the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study which is one of the largest scientific research studies of its kind. This 90-minute webinar will provide participants with in-depth information on this study and its implications.
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The Buffer Zone: What Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study Teaches about Maximizing Health and Wellbeing
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The Buffer Zone: What the Adverse Childhood
Experiences (ACE) Study Teaches about
Maximizing Health & Wellbeing
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3. Today’s Presenters
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Melissa Merrick, PhD
• Behavioral Scientist with the Surveillance
Branch in the Division of Violence
Prevention at CDC’s National Center for
Injury Prevention and Control.
• Serves as the Science Lead for the
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE)
Study.
• Research interests focus on the etiology,
surveillance, course, and prevention of child
maltreatment.
4. National Center for Injury Prevention
and Control
The Buffer Zone: What the Adverse Childhood
Experiences (ACE) Study Teaches about Maximizing
Health & Wellbeing
Melissa T. Merrick, PhD
Behavioral Scientist
Division of Violence Prevention
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the issue
1 BILLION CHILDREN
EXPERIENCE VIOLENCE
ANNUALLY
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6. Child Abuse & Neglect
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Physical
Abuse
Sexual
Abuse
Emotional
Abuse
Neglect
children experienced child abuse and
neglect in the last year. That is millions of
kids. (self-report data)
About 1 in 7
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9. How Brains are Built
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http://www.albertafamilywellness.org/resources/video/how-brains-are-built-core-story-of-brain-development
10. Picture This…
When you think of child abuse and neglect, you likely
picture this
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11. Picture This…
But probably not this
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12. Risky Behaviors Alcohol & Drug
Abuse
Unsafe Sex
Cancer
Diabetes
HIV
STDs
Unintended
Pregnancy
Pregnancy
Complications
Fetal death
Depression
Anxiety
PTSD
Traumatic Brain
Injury
Fractures
Burns
Violence
Violence in the
Public Health Context
13. Categories of ACEs
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Abuse Neglect Family Challenges
http://www.rwjf.org/en/library/infographics/the-truth-about-aces.html
18. AdjustedOddsRatio
Number of ACEs
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4
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0 1 2 3 ≥4
Number of ACEs
Ever-injected drugs Had ≥50 intercourse partners Ever had an STD
Felitti, VJ et al. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 1998;14:245–258
ACE Score and HIV Risk
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21. Leading Causes of Death in the U.S. in
2014
1. Heart disease
2. Cancer
3. Chronic lower respiratory diseases
4. Unintentional injuries (accidents)
5. Stroke
6. Alzheimer’s Disease
7. Diabetes
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
9. Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis (Kidney Disease)
10. Intentional Self-Harm (Suicide)
21The National Vital Statistics Report (NVSR) “Deaths: Final Data for 2014”
22. Leading Causes of Death in the U.S. in 2014
1. Heart disease
2. Cancer
3. Chronic lower respiratory diseases
4. Unintentional injuries (accidents)
5. Stroke
6. Alzheimer’s Disease
7. Diabetes
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
9. Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis (Kidney Disease)
10. Intentional Self-Harm (Suicide)
22The National Vital Statistics Report ( NCSR) “Deaths: Final Data for 2014”
23. ACEs in Children and Adolescents
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27. Economic Consequences of Violence
➢ Child Maltreatment
• $124 billion total lifetime cost associated with one year of
confirmed cases of maltreatment
➢ Intimate Partner Violence
• $8.3 billion (1995 estimate adjusted to 2003)
➢ Sexual Violence
• $6.5 billion dollars in 1996 for a single state (Michigan)
• $126 billion annually in US for victim costs
27CDC (2003); Fang, Brown, Florence, & Mercy (2012); National Institutes of Justice (1996); Post et al., (2002)
32. CDC’s Strategic Focus on Child
Maltreatment
• Prevent violence through surveillance,
research and development, and capacity
building
• Emphasis on primary prevention
• Commitment to developing rigorous
science base
• A cross-cutting perspective
• A population approach
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Safe Stable Nurturing
Assuring safe, stable, nurturing relationships and
environments for all children
CDC’s Essentials for Childhood Framework
34. CDC’s Essentials for Childhood
➢ CDC’s Essentials for Childhood
Framework
• Raise Awareness and Commitment to
Support Safe, Stable, Nurturing
Relationships and Environments
• Use Data to Inform Action
• Create the Context for Healthy
Children and Families through Norms
Change and Programs
• Create the Context for Healthy
Children and Families through Policies
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http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/childmaltreatment/essentials.html
35. CDC’s Essentials for Childhood
CDC Funding 5 State Health Departments
• California
• Colorado
• Massachusetts
• North Carolina
• Washington
31 Self Supported States- participating in initiative
in some way
• Training/technical assistance and meetings also available to
self supported states
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36. GOAL 1: Raise Awareness and Commitment
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37. The Raising of America
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➢ Raising explores how a strong
start for all our kids can lead to
a healthier, stronger, and more
equitable America
➢ Components:
▪ Six-part documentary series
▪ National public engagement
campaign
▪ Companion website
http://www.raisingofamerica.org/
43. Using Data to Inform Solutions: State
Examples
➢ Wisconsin
• Examining ACE “Hotspots”
• Added Poverty and Neglect Items to BRFSS
• Hosted Midwest Regional ACEs Summit in 2014
➢ Washington
• Legislators changed the definition of work participation for TANF
recipients
• Juvenile offenders needed additional support to mitigate future
adverse outcomes
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44. GOAL 3: Create the Context for Healthy
Children & Families through Norms Change &
Programs
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45. Essentials for Parenting: Toddlers and
Preschoolers
➢ Online interactive
resource developed for
parents with toddlers and
preschoolers
➢ Based upon best
available science
➢ Includes a variety of
content, including
• Written content, videos,
and interactive activities
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https://www.cdc.gov/parents/essentials/index.html
46. GOAL 4: Create the Context for Healthy
Children and Families through Policies
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47. Policies with impacts on risk factors for
child abuse and neglect
➢ Increased minimum wage
➢ Earned Income Tax Credit
➢ Child Tax Credit
➢ Housing Vouchers
➢ Head Start
➢ Bans on corporal punishment
➢ Family-friendly work
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48. Technical Packages
Select group of strategies with a focus on
PREVENTING child abuse & neglect
from happening in the first place as well
as approaches to LESSEN the
immediate and long-term harms of child
abuse & neglect.
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http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pdf/can-prevention-technical-package.pdf
50. CDC’s Technical Package to Prevent Child
Abuse and Neglect
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Strengthen economic
supports for families
Change social norms to
support parents and positive
parenting
Provide quality care and
education early in life
Enhance parenting skills to
promote healthy child
development
Intervene to lessen harms
and prevent future risk
http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pdf/can-prevention-technical-package.pdf
51. Strengthen Economic Supports to Families
Strengthen household financial security
➢ Child support payments
➢ Tax credits
➢ State nutrition assistance programs
➢ Assisted housing mobility
➢ Subsidized child care
Family friendly work policies
➢ Livable wages
➢ Paid leave
➢ Flexible and consistent schedules
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52. Change Social Norms to Support Parents &
Positive Parenting
Public engagement and education campaigns
➢ Breaking the Cycle
Legislative approaches to reduce corporal punishment
➢ Bans pertaining to home, school, & other settings
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53. Provide Quality Care & Education Early in Life
Preschool enrichment
with family
engagement
➢ Child Parent Centers
➢ Early Head Start
Improved quality of
child care through
licensing and
accreditation
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http://www.seymourjohnson.af.mil/News/Photos/igphoto/2000153166/
54. Enhance Parenting Skills to Promote Healthy
Child Development
Early childhood home visitation
➢ Nurse Family Partnership
➢ Durham Connects
Parenting skill and family relationship approaches
➢ Adults and Children Together Against Violence: Parents Raising
Safe Kids (ACT)
➢ Incredible Years
➢ SafeCare
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55. Intervene to Lessen Harms & Prevent Future
Risk
Enhanced primary care
➢ Safe Environment for Every Kid (SEEK)
Behavioral parent training programs
➢ Parent-Child Interaction Therapy
➢ SafeCare
➢ Incredible Years
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http://www.travis.af.mil/News/Photos/igphoto/2000266887/
56. Intervene to Lessen Harms &
Prevent Future Risk
Treatment to lessen harms of abuse & neglect exposure
➢ Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
Treatment to prevent problem behavior and later involvement in
violence
➢ Children with Problematic Sexual Behavior Cognitive- Behavioral
Treatment Program: School- age Program
➢ Multisystemic Therapy (MST)
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57. Violence Prevention is Strategic
Developing New
Partnerships and
Working Across Sectors
Including:
Public Health, Government, Health
Care Services, Social Services,
Education, Business, Justice,
Housing, Non-Governmental
Organizations, Foundations
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58. Thank you!
Melissa T. Merrick, PhD
mmerrick@cdc.gov
www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/acestudy
For more information, contact CDC
1-800-CDC-INFO (232-4636)
TTY: 1-888-232-6348 www.cdc.gov
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The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and
do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
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