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December 2, 2019

Amid growing concern about mental health among teens, Oakland health insurer Blue Shield of California has committed $10 million to improve access to mental health services in the state’s public schools.

November 8, 2019 | CDC.gov

Adverse childhood experiences, such as violence victimization, substance misuse in the household, or witnessing intimate partner violence, have been linked to leading causes of adult morbidity and mortality. Therefore, reducing adverse childhood experiences is critical to avoiding multiple negative health and socioeconomic outcomes in adulthood.

October 9, 2019 | Kaiser Permanente

Kaiser Permanente commits $2.75 million to new research to help prevent and mitigate the health effects of adverse childhood experiences, known as ACEs.

September 19, 2019 | Chronicle of Social Change

Soon after being appointed California’s first-ever surgeon general, Nadine Burke Harris took off on a barnstorming tour across the state to talk about adverse childhood experiences and toxic stress, an issue she calls “the biggest public health crisis facing California today.”

July 2, 2019 | NPR

Not long after she finished her medical residency at Stanford University about a decade ago, Nadine Burke Harris got to work as a pediatrician in the Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood of San Francisco.

February 23, 2018 | PBS Newshour