Jim Hickman, CEO of the Center for Youth Wellness, discusses the need to remove barriers to care and prevent intergenerational ACEs by addressing social inequities at the systems level — something that is essential to the success of interventions and healing.

By screening children, health providers hope to intervene earlier in treating their traumas and preventing chronic stressors in order to put the child on a better pathway through life.

Governor Gavin Newsom today unveiled his Administration’s 2020-21 State Budget proposal, which includes a $10 million one-time General Fund expenditure for the development of an Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) public awareness campaign and cross-sector training.

Dr. Dayna Long, pediatrician and director of the Center for Child and Community Health at UCSF, and Jessica Dym Bartlett, co-director of early childhood research at Child Trends, join AirTalk to discuss the new screening process, how it’s conducted, and what advocates hope to accomplish.

Conversations on Health Care hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter welcome Dr. Nadine Burke Harris to the show to discuss how the newly launched ACEs Aware program seeks to provide a framework for early primary care screening and intervention to mitigate the long term effects of adverse childhood experiences.

Article from Kaiser Health News about the ACEs Aware Initiative.

Pediatricians across California will start screening children for toxic stress during routine checkups this year. Learn how routine screenings for kids can help prevent health issues later in life.

Research suggests ‘Adverse Childhood Experiences,’ or ACEs, can influence biomechanical changes in children and increase their risk for developing heart disease, depression, and other serious illness.

This article from the Santa Fe New Mexican highlights the work that Dr. Nadine Burke Harris has done with the ACEs Aware initiative and the importance of addressing Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs).

California’s first Surgeon General Dr. Nadine Burke Harris discusses the causes and long-term impacts of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), their connection to the State’s health and racial equity priorities, and her goals for addressing childhood trauma for the state’s Health in All Policies Program. The speaker series was created as part of the Capitol Cohort racial equity initiative to increase government employees’ knowledge and understanding of strategies that promote racial equity, create a cross-sector learning forum, and provide networking opportunities.